T.H.71 - Lake Itasca - MP 281.1 MN US MNDOTMN120
Beside a road/6.6 mi away/1,562 ft/41 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Itasca State Park, Minnesota
State Park in Becker County, Minnesota35°
58°/30°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 29°·Light breeze 6 mph SSW
Now. Itasca State Park is 35° and mostly clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 29°. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 6 mph, gusting to 18 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 67°, and the coolest Monday, near 61°. Rain is possible Friday (39%). Frost is possible Monday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:08 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 49 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
72%Humidity
15%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
35feels29
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 17
5830
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6443
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6134
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6237
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6645
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6643
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
6748
39%
19mph
35°
58°30°
64°43°
61°34°
62°37°
66°45°
66°43°
67°48°
As of 2:00 AM in Itasca State Park, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Itasca State Park
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 49 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Ozone23Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Itasca State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Itasca State Park, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 52 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,603 ft
- County
- Becker County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 47.1361° N
- Longitude
- 95.2503° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Itasca State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Itasca Mn Dnr Wx STNITCM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.7 mi away/1,542 ft/61 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Park RapidsPKD
At an airfield/18.4 mi away/1,450 ft/153 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW6287EW6287
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.7 mi away/1,445 ft/158 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Park Rapids 15.3 NWMN-BK-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,564 ft/39 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Univ. Of Minn.ITAM5
At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/1,470 ft/133 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
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Near Itasca State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pine Pointcommunity, 12 mi
- Lake Georgecommunity, 13 mi
- Osagecommunity, 14 mi
- Elbow Lakecommunity, 15 mi
- South Endcommunity, 17 mi
- Park Rapidscity, 17 mi
- Roy Lakecommunity, 18 mi
- Naytahwaushcommunity, 20 mi
- Twin Lakescommunity, 20 mi
- West Roy Lakecommunity, 20 mi
- Rice Lakecommunity, 21 mi
- Neviscity, 22 mi