Temperature
37 F at 8 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 37 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 37F
- 8 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 37F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Detroit Lakes Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Becker County, Minnesota37°
49°/34°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 27°·Moderate breeze 17 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees warmer: a high of 61° after 49° today.
Now. Detroit Lakes Airport is 37° and mostly cloudy at 8 AM. With the wind it feels like 27°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
94%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
37feels27
17mph
Today
Oct 16
4934
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
6134
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6544
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6439
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6541
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6848
11%
Thu
Oct 22
6848
overcast
37°
49°34°
61°34°
65°44°
64°39°
65°41°
68°48°
68°48°
As of 8:00 AM in Detroit Lakes Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Detroit Lakes Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 30 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good2.7 mi
- Ozone22Good24 ppb2.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Detroit Lakes Airport
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.24 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.24in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 54%
Visibility
How far you can see at Detroit Lakes Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DTL
- ICAO
- KDTL
- IATA
- DTL
- Field elevation
- 1,397 ft
- Serves
- Detroit Lakes
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DTL
- Wind now
- From 340° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 08:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 5,201 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 15 mph head, on 32 | 5 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 1,880 ft | 250 ft | Grass | 180° / 0° | 15 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Detroit Lakes (DTL), Detroit Lakes Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 8 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 63 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north northwest at 8 AM; at its strongest 25 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 38 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.49 inHg at 8 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.49inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.44inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 11 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 600 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Detroit Lakes: 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 Detroit Lakes Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,398 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Becker State Wildlife Management Area DDMLM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/1,365 ft/32 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lake Park US-10 Mile Post 32MN062
Beside a road/11.4 mi away/1,317 ft/80 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Detroit Lakes 3.0 WMN-BK-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,379 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Detroit LakesDTRM5
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/1,351 ft/46 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Detroit Lakes Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Detroit Lakescity, 2 mi
- Auduboncity, 5 mi
- Frazeecity, 11 mi
- Lake Parkcity, 11 mi
- Callawaycity, 11 mi
- Vergascity, 12 mi
- White Earthcommunity, 19 mi
- Ogemacity, 20 mi
- Pelican Rapidscity, 20 mi
- Dentcity, 20 mi
- Hitterdalcity, 21 mi
- Hawleycity, 21 mi
Airports near Detroit Lakes Airport
- Mahnomen County Airport3N8, 30 mi
- Moorhead Municipal AirportJKJ, 37 mi
- Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok FieldPKD, 39 mi
- Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson FieldFFM, 40 mi
- Wadena Municipal AirportADC, 41 mi
- Fosston Municipal Airport-Anderson FieldFSE, 53 mi
- Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie AirportY63, 58 mi
- Staples Municipal AirportSAZ, 60 mi