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Nelson, Minnesota

City in Douglas County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Nelson

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 41 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Nelson

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Nelson, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Nelson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Alexandria 3.5 ENEMN-DS-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,426 ft/59 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Glenwood 1NGLWM5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.4 mi away/1,414 ft/47 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,841of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Alexandria, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.4 mi from Nelson, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Alexandria, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXNFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALEXANDRIASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlexandria, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AXNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AXN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Alexandria: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXNFIG. B THE AIR AT ALEXANDRIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEAlexandria, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AXN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alexandria, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXNFIG. C THE WIND AT ALEXANDRIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlexandria, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AXN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Glenwood 1N (GLWM5), 16.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

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