Temperature
46 F at 1 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 39 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 46F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 49F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 39F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field, Minnesota
Small airport in Aitkin County, Minnesota45°
48°/33°
Overcast·
Feels like 39°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 56° after 48° today.
Now. Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field is 45° and overcast at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 46° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:01 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 54 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
45feels39
20%
Today
Oct 16
4833
35%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5629
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6238
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6135
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6335
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6643
19%
Thu
Oct 22
6548
21%
45°
48°33°
56°29°
62°38°
61°35°
63°35°
66°43°
65°48°
As of 2:00 AM in Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Central Minnesota (MN), 20 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good24.5 mi
- Ozone18Good17 ppb24.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field
0.30 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.30in
- Last 3 days
- 0.30in
Visibility
How far you can see at Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AIT
- ICAO
- KAIT
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,205 ft
- Serves
- Aitkin
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AIT
- Wind now
- From 340° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 3,123 ft | 140 ft | Grass | 88° / 268° | 3 mph head, on 26 | 10 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 164° / 344° | 10 mph head, on 34 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Aitkin Ndb (AIT), Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 45 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 87% at 9 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 45F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 87 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the north northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.14inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.16 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Aitkin Ndb: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field, 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
Aitkin NdbAIT
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,204 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
U.S.169 - Farm Island - MP 245.4 MN US MNDOTMN129
Beside a road/8.5 mi away/1,266 ft/61 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rice Lake Nwr RAWSRLKM5
A remote fire weather station/18.5 mi away/1,240 ft/35 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Aitkin 0.1 SEMN-AT-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/1,221 ft/16 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pine River DamCRLM5
At a dam/22.2 mi away/1,250 ft/45 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 Pine River Dam (CRLM5), 22.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field
- Isedor Iverson AirportHZX, 18 mi
- Brainerd Lakes Regional AirportBRD, 24 mi
- Pine River Regional AirportPWC, 36 mi
- Longville Municipal AirportXVG, 39 mi
- Moose Lake Carlton County AirportMZH, 42 mi
- Ray S Miller Army Air FieldRYM, 45 mi
- Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom fieldGPZ, 46 mi
- Mora Municipal AirportJMR, 50 mi