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Upsala, Minnesota

City in Morrison County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Upsala

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 28 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Upsala

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Upsala, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Upsala, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Upsala 1.6 SMN-MR-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,216 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank416of 1,965

MelroseMLRM5

At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/1,198 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,235of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Little Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Upsala, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Little Falls, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXLFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITTLE FALLSSECTION, 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 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELittle Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LXLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXL-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 41.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Little Falls: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXLFIG. B THE AIR AT LITTLE FALLSTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLELittle Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Little Falls, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXLFIG. C THE WIND AT LITTLE FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELittle Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Melrose (MLRM5), 14.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Upsala

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

Near Upsala

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