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Winsted, Minnesota

City in McLeod County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Winsted

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 40 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good25 mi
  • Ozone25Good22 ppb25 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Winsted

0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.43in
Last 3 days
0.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Winsted, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Winsted, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

GlencoeGYL

At an airfield/14.8 mi away/991 ft/47 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank512of 1,965

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.6 mi away/1,145 ft/107 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank486of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Winsted 1.1 ENEMN-MC-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,007 ft/31 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DelanoDLNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/912 ft/126 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,356of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Glencoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.8 mi from Winsted, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,900 ft, scattered at 3,600 ft, broken at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 4,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Glencoe, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 4,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLENCOESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGlencoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.8 F with a dew point of 36.7 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Glencoe: temperature 46.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.7, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. B THE AIR AT GLENCOETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 46.8 FDEW POINT 36.7 FSPREAD 10.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLEGlencoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Glencoe, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. C THE WIND AT GLENCOEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlencoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Delano (DLNM5), 13.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Winsted

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

Near Winsted

River and lake gauges