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Sandstone, Minnesota

City in Pine County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Sandstone

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, East Central Minnesota (MN), 33 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sandstone

0.44 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.44in
Last 3 days
0.44in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sandstone, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Sandstone, 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 now5 instruments

Sandstone 6WSNDM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/1,129 ft/72 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank798of 1,965

Hinckley04W

At an airfield/7.1 mi away/1,020 ft/37 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Sandstone 0.1 WSWMN-PN-45

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,087 ft/30 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SandstoneSNDM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/1,129 ft/72 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hinckley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.1 mi from Sandstone, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 900 ft, broken at 3,300 ft, overcast at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hinckley, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 04WFIG. A THE SKY OVER HINCKLEYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHinckley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 04WTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-04W-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Hinckley: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 04WFIG. B THE AIR AT HINCKLEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 46.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEHinckley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 04WTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-04W-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hinckley, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 04WFIG. C THE WIND AT HINCKLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHinckley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 04WTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-04W-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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