Temperature
43 F at 10 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 43 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 50F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 43F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field, Minnesota
Small airport in Hubbard County, Minnesota42°
55°/35°
Overcast·
Feels like 36°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NNW
Now. Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field is 42° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 32° by 7 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is possible tomorrow (42%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 56 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
42feels36
30%
12mph
Today
Oct 15
5535
64%
17mph
Fri
Oct 16
4832
42%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5730
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6440
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6235
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6336
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6645
15%
42°
55°35°
48°32°
57°30°
64°40°
62°35°
63°36°
66°45°
As of 11:00 PM in Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 37 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 23FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field
0.23 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.23in
- Last 3 days
- 0.23in
Visibility
How far you can see at Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PKD
- ICAO
- KPKD
- IATA
- PKD
- Field elevation
- 1,445 ft
- Serves
- Park Rapids
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PKD
- Wind now
- From 320° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,497 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 13 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 3,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 10 mph head, on 36 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Park Rapids (PKD), Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 4 PM to 93% at 10 AM.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 91%
- Humidity, range
- 68 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 29 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.14inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 6 AM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 6 AM
- 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 10 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 10 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.12 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 9 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.12in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 9 AM
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Park 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 Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Park RapidsPKD
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,450 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Park Rapids - Straight RiverPRRM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.7 mi away/1,421 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/9.4 mi away/1,493 ft/48 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Park Rapids 0.9 NNWMN-HB-37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,454 ft/9 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Park Rapids 2NWPRPM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/1,437 ft/8 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
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Park Rapidscity, 2 mi
- Hubbardcommunity, 5 mi
- Osagecommunity, 9 mi
- Menahgacity, 10 mi
- Neviscity, 12 mi
- Wolf Lakecity, 15 mi
- Pine Pointcommunity, 16 mi
- Akeleycity, 18 mi
- Sebekacity, 19 mi
- Lake Georgecommunity, 20 mi
- Nimrodcity, 21 mi
- Hackensackcity, 26 mi
Airports near Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field
- Walker Municipal AirportY49, 27 mi
- Wadena Municipal AirportADC, 32 mi
- Pine River Regional AirportPWC, 35 mi
- Staples Municipal AirportSAZ, 38 mi
- Detroit Lakes AirportDTL, 39 mi
- Longville Municipal AirportXVG, 41 mi
- Bemidji Regional AirportBJI, 43 mi
- Mahnomen County Airport3N8, 47 mi