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Watkins, Minnesota

City in Meeker County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Watkins

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 21 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good20.8 mi
  • Ozone19Good19 ppb20.8 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Watkins

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Watkins, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Watkins, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

LitchfieldLJF

At an airfield/15.9 mi away/1,142 ft/23 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank450of 1,965

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.9 mi away/1,145 ft/20 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank486of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Watkins 2.5 WMN-MK-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,203 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Kimball 3NKIMM5

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/1,138 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank195of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Litchfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.9 mi from Watkins, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,300 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Litchfield, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LJFFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITCHFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELitchfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LJFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LJF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 81 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 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Litchfield: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 81 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 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LJFFIG. B THE AIR AT LITCHFIELDTHE 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 38.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLELitchfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LJFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LJF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Litchfield, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LJFFIG. C THE WIND AT LITCHFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELitchfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LJFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LJF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kimball 3N (KIMM5), 5.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Watkins

River and lake gauges