Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM (58%).
Now. Cook Municipal Airport is 45° and rain at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 36° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. Air quality is moderate (index 61): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible Thursday (33%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:50 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, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Cook Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 61, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 19 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.32 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | 12 mph head, on 31 | 8 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Cook Muni Airpor (CQM), Cook Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 10 PM Thursday; 48 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 46 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 93% at 1 AM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 7 mph, 10 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.96 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.22 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 2 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.17 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Cook Muni Airpor: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Cook Municipal 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/1,325 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/6.2 mi away/1,342 ft/15 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Orr RAWSORBM5
A remote fire weather station/15.7 mi away/1,339 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
CookCOKM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/1,306 ft/21 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Cook 6.1 NEMN-SL-173
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/1,378 ft/51 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.