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Swanville, Minnesota

City in Morrison County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Swanville

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 35 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Swanville

None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Swanville, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Swanville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Burtrum 5.2 SEMN-MR-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/1,233 ft/48 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Long PrairieLNGM5

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/1,355 ft/170 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank40of 2,026

Station report

The weather at Long Prairie, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Swanville, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Long Prairie, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 14YFIG. A THE SKY OVER LONG PRAIRIESECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELong Prairie, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 14YTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-14Y-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Long Prairie: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 14YFIG. B THE AIR AT LONG PRAIRIETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.1 FTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLELong Prairie, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 14YTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-14Y-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Long Prairie, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 14YFIG. C THE WIND AT LONG PRAIRIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELong Prairie, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 14YTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-14Y-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Long Prairie, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Long Prairie (LNGM5), 12.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Swanville

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

Near Swanville

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