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Wheaton, Minnesota

City in Traverse County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Wheaton

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 65 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wheaton

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wheaton, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Wheaton, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wheaton 0.1 EMN-TR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,019 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WheatonWHTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/1,014 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank429of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Wheaton Ndb, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.8 mi from Wheaton, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:33 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 Wheaton Ndb, 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 ETHFIG. A THE SKY OVER WHEATON NDBSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWheaton Ndb, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ETHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETH-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 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 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Wheaton Ndb: 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 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETHFIG. B THE AIR AT WHEATON NDBTHE 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, OVC 1,800 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 POINTTITLEWheaton Ndb, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ETHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wheaton Ndb, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETHFIG. C THE WIND AT WHEATON NDBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWheaton Ndb, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ETHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Wheaton (WHTM5), 0.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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