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Renville, Minnesota

City in Renville County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Renville

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 18 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Renville

None in the last 24 hours; 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.40in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Renville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OliviaOVL

At an airfield/8.8 mi away/1,076 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,764of 2,026

measured daily2 instruments

Granite FallsGRTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/1,053 ft/19 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW6462, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.8 mi from Renville, Minnesota. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW6462, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW6462FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW6462PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW6462, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6462TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GW6462-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,100 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.75 inHg and the temperature at 55.1 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.55 inHg means its barometer reads 29.35 inHg; it reports 39.0 F, 16.1 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW6462 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,100 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.75 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.1 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.55 and the station pressure it means, 29.35.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW6462FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW6462 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW64624 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,100 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.75 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.1 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.55 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.35 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED39.0 FTITLECitizen station GW6462, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6462TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GW6462-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 17 the noon sun stands 36 degrees above the horizon at 44.93 N, and the day is 10 h 43 min long. Level ground there takes 58 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW6462, angles true: on Oct 17 it stands 36 degrees above the horizon, against 69 at the June solstice, 45 at the equinoxes and 22 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 43 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW6462FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW6462ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 69°EQUINOXES 45°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 22°OCT 17, 36°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 43 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 58 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 44.93 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.5°TITLECitizen station GW6462, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6462TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GW6462-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW6462, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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