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Spring Valley, Minnesota

City in Fillmore County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Spring Valley

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 21 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good21.3 mi
  • Ozone13Good13 ppb21.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Spring Valley

0.91 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.91in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Spring Valley, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Spring Valley, 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

Eyota 2NEWIRM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.5 mi away/1,197 ft/115 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank803of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Spring Valley 0.2 NWMN-FM-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,302 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Spring ValleySPGM5

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/1,316 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank985of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Preston (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Spring Valley, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Preston (AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEPreston (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

44.6 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Preston (AWOS): temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 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 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 42.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 17 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Preston (AWOS), north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 29; 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, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 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 Spring Valley (SPGM5), 0.2 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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Near Spring Valley

River and lake gauges