Temperature
41 F at 5 PM; 43 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 36 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 41F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 43F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 36F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Grand Marais Cook County Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Cook County, Minnesota42°
44°/32°
Clear·
Feels like 36°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NW
Now. Grand Marais Cook County Airport is 42° and clear at 5 PM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 35° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 57°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:41 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 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
52%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
42feels36
12mph
Today
Oct 16
4432
13%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5029
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
5738
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
5536
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5335
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
5439
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
5543
11%
42°
44°32°
50°29°
57°38°
55°36°
53°35°
54°39°
55°43°
As of 5:00 PM in Grand Marais Cook County Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Grand Marais Cook County Airport
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 12 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Ozone26Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Grand Marais Cook County Airport
0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.39 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.31in
- Last 3 days
- 0.39in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 79%
Visibility
How far you can see at Grand Marais Cook County Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sun 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CKC
- ICAO
- KCKC
- IATA
- GRM
- Field elevation
- 1,799 ft
- Serves
- Grand Marais
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CKC
- Wind now
- From 320° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 16:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 95° / 275° | 10 mph head, on 28 | 10 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Grand Marais/Coo (CKC), Grand Marais Cook County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 25 F, the air 52% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 3 PM to 100% at 6 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 25F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 52%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the northwest at 5 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.36 inHg at 5 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.36inHg
- 5 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.45inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 AM
- 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 700 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Grand Marais/Coo: 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 Grand Marais Cook County 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,798 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
T.H.61 Grand Marais MP 110.8MN166
Beside a road/6.4 mi away/659 ft/1,140 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Seagull RAWSSEAM5
A remote fire weather station/28.7 mi away/1,486 ft/313 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grand Marais 2.3 NNEMN-CK-67
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/1,526 ft/273 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Grand MariasGMRM5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/587 ft/1,212 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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 Grand Marais Cook County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Grand Maraiscity, 6 mi
- Lutsencommunity, 19 mi
- Lutsen Mountainsski area, 20 mi
- Boundary Watersfeature, 37 mi
- Finlandcommunity, 50 mi
- Silver Baycity, 56 mi
- Beaver Baycity, 59 mi
- Wintoncity, 66 mi
- Elycity, 68 mi
- Babbittcity, 73 mi
- Two Harborscity, 82 mi
- Hoyt Lakescity, 85 mi
Airports near Grand Marais Cook County Airport
- Ely Municipal AirportELO, 67 mi
- Richard B Helgeson AirportTWM, 84 mi
- Scotts Seaplane BaseCDD, 101 mi
- Eveleth-Virginia Municipal AirportEVM, 103 mi
- Cook Municipal AirportCQM, 107 mi
- Duluth International AirportDLH, 109 mi
- Sky Harbor AirportDYT, 110 mi
- Orr Regional AirportORB, 115 mi