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Waite Park, Minnesota

City in Stearns County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Waite Park

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 4 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good4.2 mi
  • Ozone19Good16 ppb4.2 mi

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 Waite Park

0.11 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
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Waite Park, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Waite Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

St. CloudSTC

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/1,030 ft/43 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank439of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Waite Park 0.6 NNEMN-SR-181

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,087 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Collegeville St JohnCLGM5

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/1,158 ft/85 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at St. Cloud, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Waite Park, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over St. Cloud, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, 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

46.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at St. Cloud: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 northwest (310 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. Cloud, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 23; 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 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR 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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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