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Akeley, Minnesota

City in Hubbard County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Akeley

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Central Minnesota (MN), 44 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Akeley

None in the last 24 hours; 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at Akeley, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

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On the radar over Akeley, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Akeley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BadouraBADM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/1,432 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank579of 2,026

WalkerY49

At an airfield/11.6 mi away/1,348 ft/85 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,693of 2,026

measured daily2 instruments

Akeley 2.3 NEMN-HB-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,436 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Park Rapids 2NWPRPM5

At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/1,437 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Walker, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Akeley, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 4:57 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Walker, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y49FIG. A THE SKY OVER WALKERSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWalker, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y49TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-Y49-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.4 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Walker: temperature 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y49FIG. B THE AIR AT WALKERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.3 FTEMPERATURE 37.4 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEWalker, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y49TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-Y49-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Walker, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y49FIG. C THE WIND AT WALKERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWalker, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y49TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-Y49-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Walker, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Akeley

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Akeley

River and lake gauges