In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/915 ft/5 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Spring Lake Park until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Spring Lake Park is 45° and light rain at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:07 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 6 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
0.69 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Spring Lake Park, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Spring Lake Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/915 ft/5 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/2.7 mi away/912 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Little Canada I-694 Mile Post 46MN088
Beside a road/9.3 mi away/936 ft/26 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Minnehaha Creek At Hiawatha Ave. In Minneapolis05289800
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.0 mi away/791 ft/119 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Spring Lake Park 1.3 NWMN-AA-243
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/892 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ladnais LakeVADM5
At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/879 ft/31 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from Spring Lake Park, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 6 mi.
46.2 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.
From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Minneapls/Blaine, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.