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Alden's Beach, Minnesota

Beach in Cook County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Alden's Beach

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 28 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good18.5 mi
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alden's Beach

0.48 in in the last 24 hours, 0.81 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.48in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Alden's Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat
Alden's Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 11:25 PM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.SE140150160170Facing SSE 154°Wind 4 mphfrom N, offshore
Looking SSE from the sand at 11:25 PM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 154°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45006, 35.1 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior

Wave height
0.7 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
51 °F
Read
Thu 10:20 PM
Distance
35.1 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 45006, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.7 ftWave height at buoy 45006, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonThuNoon0.7 ft
Significant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:20 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 9:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 8:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 7:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 3:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 2:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 1:50 PM1.0 ft4 sSE (135°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.3 ft4 sSE (136°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.6 ft4 sSE (132°)
Thu 10:50 AM1.3 ft4 sESE (105°)
Thu 9:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (134°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.6 ft4 sSE (143°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.0 ft3 sSE (145°)
Thu 6:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (128°)
Thu 5:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (136°)
Thu 4:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (136°)
Thu 3:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSSE (147°)
Thu 2:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (133°)
Thu 1:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 12:50 AM0.3 ft--
Wed 11:50 PM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
Cook County
State
Minnesota
Latitude
47.8194° N
Longitude
90.0224° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Alden's Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW4172GW4172

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/954 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Grand PortageGPTM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.4 mi away/1,313 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Grand MaraisGNA

At an airfield/15.9 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Hovland 2.1 WNWMN-CK-72

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,031 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Grand MariasGMRM5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.3 mi away/587 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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