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Northfield, Minnesota

City in Rice County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Northfield

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 18 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good18.1 mi
  • Ozone6Good12 ppb7.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm18.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Northfield

1.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.10in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Northfield, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Northfield, 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

FaribaultFBTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/978 ft/63 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank954of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Stanton Airfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Northfield, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Stanton Airfield, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SYNFIG. A THE SKY OVER STANTON AIRFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEStanton Airfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SYNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SYN-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 43.7 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Stanton Airfield: temperature 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.7, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SYNFIG. B THE AIR AT STANTON AIRFIELDTHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.5 F, 43.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEStanton Airfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SYNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SYN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 919 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.94 inHg and the temperature at 55.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.05 inHg means its barometer reads 29.07 inHg; it reports 45.5 F, 10.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Stanton Airfield stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 919 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.94 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.05 and the station pressure it means, 29.07.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SYNFIG. D WHERE STANTON AIRFIELD STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESTANTON AIRFIELD3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT919 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.94 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.05 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.07 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED45.5 FTITLEStanton Airfield, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS SYNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SYN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Stanton Airfield, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Faribault (FBTM5), 11.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Northfield

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Northfield

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