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Ormsby, Minnesota

City in Watonwan County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Ormsby

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 41 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ormsby

0.60 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.60in
Last 3 days
0.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ormsby, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ormsby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

St. JamesJYG

At an airfield/11.8 mi away/1,066 ft/140 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank573of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Saint James 6.5 SSWMN-WW-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,166 ft/40 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Saint JamesSTJM5

At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/1,050 ft/156 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at St. James, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.8 mi from Ormsby, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,300 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over St. James, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JYGFIG. A THE SKY OVER ST. JAMESSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESt. James, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JYGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JYG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 42.8 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 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at St. James: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 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 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JYGFIG. B THE AIR AT ST. JAMESTHE 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 42.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 42.8 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 POINTTITLESt. James, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JYGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JYG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. James, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JYGFIG. C THE WIND AT ST. JAMESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESt. James, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JYGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JYG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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