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Spring Grove, Minnesota

City in Houston County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Spring Grove

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Mississippi River Valley (MN), 36 miles off.

18Good
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 15, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Spring Grove

0.90 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.90in
Last 3 days
0.90in

Visibility

How far you can see at Spring Grove, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Spring Grove, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Spring Grove 0.2 SSEMN-HS-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,311 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MabelMABM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/1,112 ft/192 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank44of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Preston (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.3 mi from Spring Grove, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Preston (AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKAFIG. A THE SKY OVER PRESTON (AWOS)SECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPreston (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FKATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKA-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 42.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Preston (AWOS): temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKAFIG. B THE AIR AT PRESTON (AWOS)THE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.8 F, 42.8 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 POINTTITLEPreston (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Preston (AWOS), north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 18 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 FKAFIG. C THE WIND AT PRESTON (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPreston (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Preston (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mabel (MABM5), 6.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:15. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Spring Grove

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Spring Grove

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