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Watson, Minnesota

City in Chippewa County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Watson

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 21 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Watson

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Watson, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Watson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Watson 1 NEWTSM5

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/1,070 ft/38 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Montevideo 4.1 NWMN-CP-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,019 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Montevideo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.2 mi from Watson, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Montevideo, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MVEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONTEVIDEOSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMontevideo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MVETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MVE-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 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Montevideo: 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 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MVEFIG. B THE AIR AT MONTEVIDEOTHE 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, BKN 2,000 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 POINTTITLEMontevideo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MVETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MVE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 28 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Montevideo, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 28 miles an hour, gusting 36; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MVEFIG. C THE WIND AT MONTEVIDEOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMontevideo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MVETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MVE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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