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Watertown, Minnesota

City in Carver County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Watertown

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 32 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good19.2 mi
  • Ozone15Good15 ppb19.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Watertown

0.59 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.59in
Last 3 days
0.63in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Watertown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

BuffaloCFE

At an airfield/13.8 mi away/968 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank436of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Watertown 0.1 NWMN-CV-80

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/956 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DelanoDLNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/912 ft/39 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,356of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Buffalo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Watertown, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Buffalo, 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 CFEFIG. A THE SKY OVER BUFFALOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBuffalo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CFETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 42.8 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 Buffalo: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 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 CFEFIG. B THE AIR AT BUFFALOTHE 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 41.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 42.8 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 POINTTITLEBuffalo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFE-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 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Buffalo, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFEFIG. C THE WIND AT BUFFALOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBuffalo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Delano (DLNM5), 6.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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