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Royalton, Minnesota

City in Morrison County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Royalton

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 21 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good20.8 mi
  • Ozone15Good17 ppb20.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Royalton

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Royalton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Royalton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Royalton 0.2 ESEMN-MR-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,085 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

RiceRCEM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/1,079 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank39of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Little Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from Royalton, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,400 ft, broken at 3,200 ft, overcast at 4,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Little Falls, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXLFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITTLE FALLSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLELittle Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LXLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 81 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 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Little Falls: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 81 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 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXLFIG. B THE AIR AT LITTLE FALLSTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLELittle Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Little Falls, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXLFIG. C THE WIND AT LITTLE FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELittle Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rice (RCEM5), 6.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Royalton

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Near Royalton

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