Citizen station FW3695FW3695
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/823 ft/60 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fort Snelling State Park, Minnesota
State Park in Dakota County, Minnesota59°
78°/58°
Clear·
Feels like 59°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
Now. Fort Snelling State Park is 59° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 80°, and the coolest Monday, near 61°. Rain is possible Monday (37%). The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 3:50 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 28 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
47Air quality
55%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
59feels59
now, clear
Today
Oct 6
7858
15mph
Wed
Oct 7
7253
15mph
Thu
Oct 8
6750
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 9
7050
12mph
Sat
Oct 10
8057
20mph
Sun
Oct 11
7562
10%
15mph
Mon
Oct 12
6155
37%
13mph
59°
78°58°
72°53°
67°50°
70°50°
80°57°
75°62°
61°55°
As of 12:00 AM in Fort Snelling State Park, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Fort Snelling State Park
Index 47, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 5 miles off.
47Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good6.2 mi
- Ozone25Good27 ppb7.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)47Good10.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.6 ppb7.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb8.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm7.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 4
- 33TodayOct 6
- GoodWedOct 7
- GoodThuOct 8
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Snelling State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Snelling State Park, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Wed 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Wed 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 5.43 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 763 ft
- County
- Dakota County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.8838° N
- Longitude
- 93.1722° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Fort Snelling State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MinneapolisMSP
At an airfield/2.9 mi away/869 ft/106 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/2.9 mi away/833 ft/70 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MN-110 and I-494 MN-10 Mile Post 5MN090
Beside a road/4.6 mi away/996 ft/233 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mendota Heights 1.4 WMN-DK-143
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/971 ft/208 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Univ Of Minn St PaulUMNM5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/948 ft/185 ft above 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 Univ Of Minn St Paul (UMNM5), 7.0 miles from here, read 5 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fort Snelling State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mendotacity, 1 mi
- Lilydalecity, 2 mi
- Mendota Heightscity, 2 mi
- Sunfish Lakecity, 4 mi
- West St. Paulcity, 4 mi
- Eagancity, 5 mi
- Richfieldcity, 5 mi
- St. Paulcity, 6 mi
- Saint Paulcity, 6 mi
- South St. Paulcity, 6 mi
- Inver Grove Heightscity, 7 mi
- Falcon Heightscity, 7 mi