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Olivia, Minnesota

City in Renville County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Olivia

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 28 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Olivia

0.47 in in the last 24 hours, 0.51 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.47in
Last 3 days
0.51in

Visibility

How far you can see at Olivia, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Olivia, 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

OliviaOVL

At an airfield/2.2 mi away/1,076 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,614of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Olivia 0.8 EMN-RV-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,080 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Granite FallsGRTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/26.1 mi away/1,053 ft/24 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Olivia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.2 mi from Olivia, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:22 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft, broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Olivia, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLIVIASECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOlivia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Olivia: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVLFIG. B THE AIR AT OLIVIATHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEOlivia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Olivia, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 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 OVLFIG. C THE WIND AT OLIVIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlivia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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