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Sacred Heart, Minnesota

City in Renville County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Sacred Heart

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 11 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sacred Heart

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.24 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.24in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sacred Heart, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sacred Heart, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Granite FallsGRTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/1,053 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Granite Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Sacred Heart, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 PM 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 Granite Falls, 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 GDBFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRANITE 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 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 MORE0510TITLEGranite Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GDBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Granite Falls: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDBFIG. B THE AIR AT GRANITE 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.6 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEGranite Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Granite Falls, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDBFIG. C THE WIND AT GRANITE FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGranite Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Granite Falls, in 6 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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