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Owatonna, Minnesota

City in Steele County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Owatonna

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 39 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Owatonna

0.87 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.87in
Last 3 days
0.87in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Owatonna, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OwatonnaOWA

At an airfield/3.3 mi away/1,148 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank481of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Owatonna 0.9 EMN-SE-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,147 ft/26 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OwatonnaOWAM5

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/1,138 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank197of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Owatonna, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from Owatonna, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Owatonna, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWAFIG. A THE SKY OVER OWATONNASECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOwatonna, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OWATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OWA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 39.4 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Owatonna: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.4, 84 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWAFIG. B THE AIR AT OWATONNATHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.4 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 39.4 FSPREAD 4.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEOwatonna, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OWA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Owatonna, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 14 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 OWAFIG. C THE WIND AT OWATONNAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOwatonna, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OWA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Owatonna (OWAM5), 1.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Owatonna

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

Near Owatonna

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