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St. Joseph, Minnesota

City in Stearns County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at St. Joseph

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 9 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good8.6 mi
  • Ozone17Good20 ppb8.6 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at St. Joseph

0.20 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.20in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at St. Joseph, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over St. Joseph, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest St. Joseph, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

St. CloudSTC

At an airfield/12.8 mi away/1,030 ft/65 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank439of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Collegeville St JohnCLGM5

At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/1,158 ft/63 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at St. Cloud, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.8 mi from St. Joseph, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,300 ft, broken at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over St. Cloud, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STCFIG. A THE SKY OVER ST. CLOUDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESt. Cloud, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS STCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at St. Cloud: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STCFIG. B THE AIR AT ST. CLOUDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLESt. Cloud, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS STCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. Cloud, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STCFIG. C THE WIND AT ST. CLOUDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESt. Cloud, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS STCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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