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MINNESOTA · RENVILLE COUNTY

Osceola

128 people, 1,100 ft above sea level in Renville County.

1,100 ftElevation, city center
128People, 2024 estimate
36 sq miLand area
Clear 32°
Clear now Dew point 27° · ESE 6 mph · high 34°
City of Osceola River Interstate 2 miles
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The Osceola plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Osceola

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 6:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Olivia Regional Airport (KOVL) · 6:55 PM
Clear
32° Clear Feels like 26° · high of 34° near 7 PM
WindESE 6 mphno gusts
Humidity80%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.26 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 27° · Dry43° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Friday80% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 50.33 in · 9 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Renville County
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 7:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:15 AM4:52 PM ↓
9 h 37 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
36
GOODAir quality index · coarse particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 25 to 32° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 42° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
34° 27°
0% rain — SE 6 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
49° 36°
0% rain — S 10 A
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
55° 41°
0% rain — SSW 13, gusts 25 B
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
54° 45°
0% rain — S 12 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
57° 43°
20% rain — S 10 B
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
50° 37°
10% rain — NW 5 C
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
53° 43°
80% rain 0.2–1.1″ ESE 10 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Osceola about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Canadian Prairies three days ago, and over the northern Plains a day ago, about 1,130 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Osceola stands on

Osceola’s center stands about 1,100 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,100 ft to 1,130 ft, a difference of 30 ft: nearly flat ground.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Leucogranite (leucocratic-granitic), from the Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old.

The section below crosses 6 rock units mapped at the surface.

Roseland to Preston Lake, cut in half

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,100 ft OSCEOLA1,100 ftHigh point of the line1,130 ftLow point1,060 ft ← NW · RoselandPreston Lake · SE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Foliated to gneissic tonalite, granodiorite, and diorite

Tonalite, granodiorite, diorite. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 8 mi of the line.

Little Falls Formation

Schist, slate. Age: Paleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2.5 billion years old. About 7 mi of the line.

Leucogranite

Leucocratic-granitic. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Mylonitic, gneissic, and schistose rocks of plutonic and volcanic protolith

Mylonite, gneiss, schist. Age: Paleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2.5 billion years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Granitic orthogneiss and migmatite

Orthogneiss, migmatite. Age: Paleoarchean to Mesoarchean, 2.8 to 3.6 billion years old. About 0.8 mi of the line.

Gabbroic to dioritic intrusion

Gabbroic, dioritic. Age: Archean to Paleoproterozoic. About 0.7 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Osceola’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Osceola reaches the Gulf of America by way of Buffalo Creek, the South Fork Crow, the Crow and the Mississippi: about 1,990 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Osceola≈ 1,990 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF OSCEOLA ≈ 1,990 mi to the Gulf of America Buffalo Creek → South Fork Crow → Crow → Mississippi

Lake on the way: Lake Pepin.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Osceola; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Osceola on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Willmar MN · 22 MI 22 miles northwest Minneapolis MN · 76 MI 76 miles east St. Paul MN · 84 MI 84 miles east Sioux Falls SD · 131 MI 131 miles southwest Fargo ND · 170 MI 170 miles northwest
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MINNESOTA · RENVILLE

Osceola

128 people, 1,100 ft above sea level in Renville County.

1,100 ftElevation
128People
36 sq miLand
Clear 32°
ClearDew point 27°
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Today in Osceola

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly clear night 34° 0%
10p partly cloudy night 30° 0%
1a mostly clear night 28° 0%
4a mostly clear night 27° 0%
7a mostly sunny 27° 0%
10a partly cloudy day 36° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINFriday · 80%
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Sun0%
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Wed20%
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Thu10%
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Fri80%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Osceola stands on

Osceola’s center stands about 1,100 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,100 ft to 1,130 ft, a difference of 30 ft: nearly flat ground.

Osceola, northwest to southeast Osceola1,100 ftHigh point1,130 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,100 ft
Within 3 miles1,100 to 1,130 ft
Lie of the landNearly flat (30 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceLeucogranite
Its ageNeoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,990 mito the Gulf of AmericaBuffalo Creek → South Fork Crow → Crow → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Osceola reaches the Gulf of America by way of Buffalo Creek, the South Fork Crow, the Crow and the Mississippi: about 1,990 river miles.

Lake on the way: Lake Pepin.