Temperature
43 F at 3 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 49F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field, Minnesota
Small airport in Itasca County, Minnesota42°
47°/35°
Light rain·
Feels like 33°·Fresh breeze 21 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 56° after 47° today.
Now. Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field is 42° and light rain at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 45° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 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 53 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
62Air quality
87%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
42feels33
27%
21mph
Today
Oct 16
4735
49%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5631
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6340
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6137
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6336
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6544
20%
Thu
Oct 22
6448
25%
42°
47°35°
56°31°
63°40°
61°37°
63°36°
65°44°
64°48°
As of 3:00 AM in Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field
Index 62, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 46 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone14Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)62Moderate-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 62YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field
0.22 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Last 3 days
- 0.22in
Visibility
How far you can see at Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GPZ
- ICAO
- KGPZ
- IATA
- GPZ
- Field elevation
- 1,355 ft
- Serves
- Grand Rapids
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GPZ
- Wind now
- From 350° at 23 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,000 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 48° / 228° | 12 mph head, on 05 | 20 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 5,756 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | 23 mph head, on 34 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Grand Rapids (GPZ), Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 4 AM Thursday to 99% at 6 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 86 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north at 3 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 6 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 500 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.17 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Wettest hour
- 0.05in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 17
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Grand Rapids: 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 Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field, 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
Grand RapidsGPZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,355 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
U.S.2 - Cohasset - MP 174.3MN105
Beside a road/10.8 mi away/1,312 ft/43 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Swan RiverSWAM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.1 mi away/1,308 ft/47 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grand Rapids 2.1 EMN-IT-110
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/1,275 ft/80 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Usda Forestry Science LabGRPM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/1,329 ft/26 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
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Near Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- La Prairiecity, 2 mi
- Grand Rapidscity, 2 mi
- Cohassetcity, 6 mi
- Colerainecity, 6 mi
- Boveycity, 7 mi
- Taconitecity, 9 mi
- Marblecity, 12 mi
- Warbacity, 13 mi
- Calumetcity, 13 mi
- Zemplecity, 15 mi
- Hill Citycity, 16 mi
- Deer Rivercity, 16 mi
Airports near Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field
- Range Regional AirportHIB, 34 mi
- Longville Municipal AirportXVG, 36 mi
- Bigfork Municipal AirportFOZ, 40 mi
- Isedor Iverson AirportHZX, 42 mi
- Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz FieldAIT, 46 mi
- Eveleth-Virginia Municipal AirportEVM, 50 mi
- Pine River Regional AirportPWC, 53 mi
- Walker Municipal AirportY49, 53 mi