Temperature
48 F at 5 PM; 49 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 36 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 49F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 36F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bigfork Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Itasca County, Minnesota47°
49°/29°
Clear·
Feels like 44°·Light breeze 7 mph NW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 57° after 49° today.
Now. Bigfork Municipal Airport is 47° and clear at 5 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 36° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 3 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 Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:55 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
25Air quality
41%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
47feels44
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
4929
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5726
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6341
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6131
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6234
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6442
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6343
overcast
47°
49°29°
57°26°
63°41°
61°31°
62°34°
64°42°
63°43°
As of 5:00 PM in Bigfork Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Bigfork Municipal Airport
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 25 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
- Ozone25Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 62YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bigfork Municipal Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 44%
Visibility
How far you can see at Bigfork Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FOZ
- ICAO
- KFOZ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,348 ft
- Serves
- Bigfork
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FOZ
- Wind now
- From 310° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 3,998 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 151° / 331° | 7 mph head, on 33 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bigfork (FOZ), Bigfork Municipal 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 41% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 3 PM to 100% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 25F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 41%
- Humidity, range
- 38 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the northwest at 5 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.43 inHg at 5 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.50 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.43inHg
- 5 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.50inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- 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 200 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.16 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Wettest hour
- 0.06in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bigfork: 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 Bigfork Municipal 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
BigforkFOZ
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,348 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Effie RAWSEFFM5
A remote fire weather station/0.4 mi away/1,345 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/8.6 mi away/1,341 ft/7 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bigfork 0.4 SMN-IT-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/1,320 ft/28 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Grand Rapids 12NGRBM5
At a cooperative observer's station/27.4 mi away/1,345 ft/3 ft below 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 Grand Rapids 12N (GRBM5), 27.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:30. measured daily
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Near Bigfork Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Bigfork Municipal Airport
- Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom fieldGPZ, 40 mi
- Orr Regional AirportORB, 40 mi
- Cook Municipal AirportCQM, 45 mi
- Range Regional AirportHIB, 47 mi
- Waskish Municipal AirportVWU, 48 mi
- Falls International AirportINL, 55 mi
- Eveleth-Virginia Municipal AirportEVM, 59 mi
- Longville Municipal AirportXVG, 61 mi