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Mounds View, Minnesota

City in Ramsey County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Mounds View

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 8 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good2.3 mi
  • Ozone18Good22 ppb2.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good2.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.7 ppb2.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb9.6 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm2.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mounds View

0.71 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.71in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mounds View, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Mounds View, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mounds View, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Mounds View 0.5 NEMN-RM-298

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/913 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Ladnais LakeVADM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/879 ft/26 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Minneapls/Blaine, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.6 mi from Mounds View, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Minneapls/Blaine, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINNEAPLS/BLAINESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMinneapls/Blaine, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ANETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ANE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.5 F with a dew point of 40.5 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Minneapls/Blaine: temperature 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.5, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANEFIG. B THE AIR AT MINNEAPLS/BLAINETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 45.5 FDEW POINT 40.5 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEMinneapls/Blaine, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ANE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Minneapls/Blaine, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANEFIG. C THE WIND AT MINNEAPLS/BLAINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMinneapls/Blaine, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ANE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Minneapls/Blaine, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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