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Red Wing, Minnesota

City in Goodhue County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Red Wing

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 36 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone13Good10 ppb24.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Red Wing

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Red Wing, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Red Wing, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Red WingRGK

At an airfield/3.6 mi away/784 ft/117 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank615of 2,026

FrontenacFSPM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.0 mi away/759 ft/142 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank527of 2,026

measured daily2 instruments

Red Wing 4.0 ESEMN-GH-58

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/868 ft/33 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Red WingRWGM5

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/686 ft/215 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,653of 2,026

Station report

The weather at Red Wing, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.6 mi from Red Wing, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM 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 Red Wing, 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 RGKFIG. A THE SKY OVER RED WINGSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERed Wing, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RGKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RGK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

28.2 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Red Wing: temperature 28.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RGKFIG. B THE AIR AT RED WINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 28.2 F, 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLERed Wing, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RGKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RGK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Red Wing, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RGKFIG. C THE WIND AT RED WINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERed Wing, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RGKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RGK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Red Wing (RWGM5), 1.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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Near Red Wing

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