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Ruthton, Minnesota

City in Pipestone County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Ruthton

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Brookings (SD), 37 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good23.2 mi
  • Ozone19Good19 ppb23.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)29Good23.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ruthton

0.42 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.42in
Last 3 days
0.42in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ruthton, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ruthton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PipestonePQN

At an airfield/16.6 mi away/1,736 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank564of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Ruthton 2.3 SSWMN-PS-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,819 ft/90 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lake WilsonLKWM5

At a cooperative observer's station/14.0 mi away/1,647 ft/82 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pipestone, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.6 mi from Ruthton, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pipestone, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQNFIG. A THE SKY OVER PIPESTONESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPipestone, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PQNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PQN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 41.5 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Pipestone: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.5, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQNFIG. B THE AIR AT PIPESTONETHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 41.5 FSPREAD 3.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEPipestone, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PQNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PQN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pipestone, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQNFIG. C THE WIND AT PIPESTONEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPipestone, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PQNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PQN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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