Side Lake Forestry Field StationSIDM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.1 mi away/1,482 ft/61 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
McCarthy Beach State Park, Minnesota
State Park in St. Louis County, Minnesota43°
45°/30°
Overcast·
Feels like 38°·Light breeze 8 mph N
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 56% around 2 AM.
Now. McCarthy Beach State Park is 43° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 8 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 44° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. 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 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible Thursday (30%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:53 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
62Air quality
94%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
43feels38
55%
Today
Oct 16
4530
59%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5526
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6337
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6132
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6231
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6440
20%
Thu
Oct 22
6245
30%
43°
45°30°
55°26°
63°37°
61°32°
62°31°
64°40°
62°45°
As of 1:00 AM in McCarthy Beach State Park, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at McCarthy Beach State Park
Index 62, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 8 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone15Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)62Moderate-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 57YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McCarthy Beach State Park
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Last 3 days
- 0.41in
Visibility
How far you can see at McCarthy Beach State Park, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 3.71 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,421 ft
- County
- St. Louis County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 47.7054° N
- Longitude
- 93.0611° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest McCarthy Beach State Park, 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 now4 instruments
T.H.65 - Buck Lake - MP 192.9MN108
Beside a road/8.9 mi away/1,444 ft/23 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/19.0 mi away/1,325 ft/96 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW4684GW4684
In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.1 mi away/1,485 ft/64 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Side Lake 3.4 NWMN-SL-234
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,410 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
TogoTOGM5
At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/1,276 ft/145 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 Togo (TOGM5), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.