Storm Station

Benson Municipal Airport, Minnesota

Small airport in Swift County, Minnesota
58° 73°/60°
Overcast· Feels like 58°·Light air 3 mph SW

Alert. A Dense Fog Advisory is in force for Benson Municipal Airport until 10 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 61° after 73° today.

Now. Benson Municipal Airport is 58° and overcast at 8:15 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 73°, and the coolest Friday, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 21 mph.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:04 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 8:43 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 45 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low
-Air quality
99%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
8:15 AM
58feels58
now, overcast
Today
Sep 30
7360
fog
Thu
Oct 1
6149
17mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6044
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7351
19%
16mph
overcast
Sun
Oct 4
6145
13mph
overcast
Mon
Oct 5
6040
14mph
overcast
Tue
Oct 6
6852
21mph
drizzle light
58°
73°60°
61°49°
60°44°
73°51°
61°45°
60°40°
68°52°

As of 8:15 AM in Benson Municipal Airport, Minnesota.

Airfield

Code
BBB
ICAO
KBBB
IATA
BBB
Field elevation
1,039 ft
Serves
Benson
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
BBB
Wind now
From 170° at 3 mph, read 30 Sep, 08:00

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 324,000 ft75 ftAsphalt143° / 323°3 mph head, on 141 mph from the right
14321,000 ftN170° 3 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Benson Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Benson MuniBBB

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,040 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Morris 2EMRIM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.9 mi away/1,140 ft/101 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

BensonBSNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/1,027 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Benson 0.1 SWMN-SW-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,042 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Snow on the ground

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