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Racine, Minnesota

City in Mower County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Racine

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 15 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good14.9 mi
  • Ozone17Good20 ppb14.9 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Racine

0.83 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
0.83in
Last 3 days
0.83in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Racine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RochesterRST

At an airfield/8.8 mi away/1,322 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank566of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Grand MeadowGMDM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/1,332 ft/41 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,629of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Rochester, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Racine, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Rochester, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSTFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCHESTERSECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLERochester, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RSTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RST-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rochester: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSTFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCHESTERTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.3 FTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RST-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Rochester, north up: blowing from 290 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 RSTFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCHESTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERochester, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RST-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Grand Meadow (GMDM5), 6.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Racine

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

Near Racine

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