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Plainview, Minnesota

City in Wabasha County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Plainview

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Mississippi River Valley (MN), 17 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-18.4 mi
  • Ozone14Good20 ppb18.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Plainview

1.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.15in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Plainview, 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

Eyota 2NEWIRM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.5 mi away/1,197 ft/30 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank803of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Elgin 2SSWEGNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/1,086 ft/81 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rochester / St Mary, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.7 mi from Plainview, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rochester / St Mary, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9MNFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCHESTER / ST MARYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERochester / St Mary, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 9MNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9MN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Rochester / St Mary: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9MNFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCHESTER / ST MARYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLERochester / St Mary, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9MNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9MN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rochester / St Mary, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9MNFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCHESTER / ST MARYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERochester / St Mary, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9MNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9MN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rochester / St Mary, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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