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The Lakes, Minnesota

Community in Murray County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at The Lakes

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 44 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good24 mi
  • Ozone16Good19 ppb24 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good24 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at The Lakes

0.35 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.35in
Last 3 days
0.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at The Lakes, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest The Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SlaytonDVP

At an airfield/9.7 mi away/1,624 ft/139 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank647of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Slayton 7.1 NNWMN-MY-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/1,687 ft/202 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

TracyTCYM5

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/1,401 ft/84 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Slayton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.7 mi from The Lakes, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Slayton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVPFIG. A THE SKY OVER SLAYTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESlayton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DVPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Slayton: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVPFIG. B THE AIR AT SLAYTONTHE 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 43.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLESlayton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Slayton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVPFIG. C THE WIND AT SLAYTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESlayton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Tracy (TCYM5), 9.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near The Lakes

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

Near The Lakes

River and lake gauges