Temperature
43 F at 4 AM; 46 F at its warmest, 9 AM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 46F
- 9 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Cloquet Carlton County Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Carlton County, Minnesota43°
47°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 36°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM (50%).
Now. Cloquet Carlton County Airport is 43° and overcast at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° 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 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 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
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
43feels36
50%
15mph
Today
Oct 16
4736
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5530
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6139
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6137
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6237
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6542
11%
Thu
Oct 22
6448
15%
43°
47°36°
55°30°
61°39°
61°37°
62°37°
65°42°
64°48°
As of 4:00 AM in Cloquet Carlton County Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Cloquet Carlton County Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 1 mile off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good1.1 mi
- Ozone18Good17 ppb1.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cloquet Carlton County Airport
0.35 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.35in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
Visibility
How far you can see at Cloquet Carlton County Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- COQ
- ICAO
- KCOQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,279 ft
- Serves
- Cloquet
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- COQ
- Wind now
- From 350° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 3,100 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 73° / 253° | 2 mph head, on 07 | 15 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 4,003 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | 15 mph head, on 35 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cloquet (COQ), Cloquet Carlton County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 9 AM Thursday to 100% at 5 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 78 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north at 4 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.13inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 7 PM 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 400 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Cloquet: 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 Cloquet Carlton 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
CloquetCOQ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,280 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St. Louis River AT ScanlonSCNM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/1,106 ft/173 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Atkinson Bridge I-35 Mile Post 231MN097
Beside a road/5.2 mi away/1,190 ft/89 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
CloquetCLQM5
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/1,273 ft/6 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Cloquet 0.9 ESEMN-CN-82
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,291 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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.
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Near Cloquet Carlton County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Cloquet Carlton County Airport
- Duluth International AirportDLH, 17 mi
- Sky Harbor AirportDYT, 22 mi
- Moose Lake Carlton County AirportMZH, 24 mi
- Isedor Iverson AirportHZX, 39 mi
- Richard B Helgeson AirportTWM, 43 mi
- Range Regional AirportHIB, 50 mi
- Eveleth-Virginia Municipal AirportEVM, 50 mi
- Field of Dreams Airport04W, 50 mi