Citizen station DW8231DW8231
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/933 ft/98 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Afton State Park, Minnesota
State Park in Washington County, Minnesota57°
66°/56°
Clear·
Feels like 57°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
Now. Afton State Park is 57° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 58°, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 79°, and the coolest Monday, near 61°. Rain is possible Monday (38%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waning crescent, 23% lit, and rises at 2:30 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 31 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
47Air quality
61%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
57feels57
now, clear
Today
Oct 5
6656
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 7
7151
13mph
Thu
Oct 8
6648
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 9
6947
overcast
Sat
Oct 10
7954
16mph
Sun
Oct 11
7561
11%
12mph
Mon
Oct 12
6152
38%
57°
66°56°
71°51°
66°48°
69°47°
79°54°
75°61°
61°52°
As of 11:00 PM in Afton State Park, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Afton State Park
Index 47, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 21 miles off.
47Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good14.6 mi
- Ozone25Good22 ppb22.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)47Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.6 ppb24.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm24.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 4
- 33TodayOct 5
- 33TueOct 6
- GoodWedOct 7
- GoodThuOct 8
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Afton State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Afton State Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Wed 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Wed 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 2.49 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 835 ft
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.8443° N
- Longitude
- 92.7860° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Afton State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/11.1 mi away/933 ft/98 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MN-110 and I-494 MN-10 Mile Post 5MN090
Beside a road/14.5 mi away/996 ft/161 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Minnehaha Creek At Hiawatha Ave. In Minneapolis05289800
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.5 mi away/791 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Afton 1.3 SMN-WG-249
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/901 ft/66 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hastings 1NWHSTM5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/677 ft/158 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hastings 1NW (HSTM5), 7.1 miles from here, read 5 Oct, 05:20. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Afton Alpsski areaBemidjicityBoundary WatersfeatureBrainerdcityBuck Hillski areaDuluthcityElycityGiants Ridgeski areaGrand MaraiscityHibbingcityInternational FallscityLutsen Mountainsski areaMinneapoliscityMoorheadcityNorth ShorefeatureRochestercitySaint PaulcitySpirit Mountainski areaSt CloudcityTwo HarborscityWelch Villageski areaWild Mountainski area
Near Afton State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Afton Alpsski area, 1 mi
- Aftoncity, 5 mi
- St. Marys Pointcity, 5 mi
- Lake St. Croix Beachcity, 6 mi
- Lakeland Shorescity, 7 mi
- Cottage Grovecity, 7 mi
- Lakelandcity, 8 mi
- Woodburycity, 8 mi
- Hastingscity, 9 mi
- St. Paul Parkcity, 10 mi
- Newportcity, 11 mi
- Lake Elmocity, 11 mi
Parks near Afton State Park
- Mississippi National River and Recreation Area12 mi
- Saint Croix Islands State Recreation Area16 mi
- Fort Snelling State Park19 mi
- Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway27 mi
- Frontenac State Park28 mi
- Interstate State Park39 mi
- Nerstrand Big Woods State Park39 mi
- Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area46 mi