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Verndale, Minnesota

City in Wadena County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Verndale

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 24 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Verndale

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

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Verndale, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Verndale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

StaplesSAZ

At an airfield/10.0 mi away/1,286 ft/64 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank440of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Hewitt 1.1 NMN-TD-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/1,377 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank161of 1,965

SebekaSEBM5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.3 mi away/1,378 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Staples, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.0 mi from Verndale, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Staples, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SAZFIG. A THE SKY OVER STAPLESSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 2,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEStaples, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SAZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.4 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Staples: temperature 44.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SAZFIG. B THE AIR AT STAPLESTHE 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 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 44.4 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 4.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEStaples, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SAZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 24 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 Staples, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 24 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 SAZFIG. C THE WIND AT STAPLESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStaples, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SAZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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