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West St. Paul, Minnesota

City in Dakota County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at West St. Paul

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 6 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good4.3 mi
  • Ozone10Good11 ppb8.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good11.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.5 ppb8.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb10.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm10.2 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West St. Paul

0.68 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.68in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at West St. Paul, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over West St. Paul, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West St. Paul, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

St. PaulSTP

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/719 ft/362 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

West Saint Paul 0.3 NNEMN-DK-288

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,027 ft/54 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at St. Paul, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from West St. Paul, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over St. Paul, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STPFIG. A THE SKY OVER ST. PAULSECTION, 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 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLESt. Paul, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS STPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STP-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 44.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at St. Paul: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STPFIG. B THE AIR AT ST. PAULTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.0 F, 44.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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. Paul, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS STPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. Paul, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STPFIG. C THE WIND AT ST. PAULPLAN, 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 BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESt. Paul, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS STPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Univ Of Minn St Paul (UMNM5), 7.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near West St. Paul

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near West St. Paul

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