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St. Stephen, Minnesota

City in Stearns County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at St. Stephen

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 13 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good12.6 mi
  • Ozone19Good23 ppb12.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at St. Stephen

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at St. Stephen, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest St. Stephen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

St. CloudSTC

At an airfield/15.2 mi away/1,030 ft/121 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank439of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

St Stephen 0.4 SSWMN-SR-177

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/1,202 ft/51 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

RiceRCEM5

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/1,079 ft/72 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank39of 1,965

Station report

The weather at St. Cloud, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from St. Stephen, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over St. Cloud, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,900 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 3,900 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, 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

44.0 F with a dew point of 34.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,900 ft.

Chart of the air at St. Cloud: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,900 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,900 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 34.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 north (350 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. Cloud, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 30; 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 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rice (RCEM5), 4.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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