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Babbitt, Minnesota

City in St. Louis County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Babbitt

Index 63, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 55 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)63Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Babbitt

0.37 in in the last 24 hours, 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.37in
Last 3 days
0.58in

Visibility

How far you can see at Babbitt, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Babbitt, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Ely RAWSELOM5

A remote fire weather station/9.6 mi away/1,424 ft/61 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank671of 1,965

ElyELO

At an airfield/9.6 mi away/1,424 ft/61 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank450of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Babbitt 4.8 NMN-SL-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,491 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

EmbarassEMBM5

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/1,419 ft/66 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank984of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Ely, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from Babbitt, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ely, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELYSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEly, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ELOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Ely: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELOFIG. B THE AIR AT ELYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.0 F, 46.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEEly, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ely, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, 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 ELOFIG. C THE WIND AT ELYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEly, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Embarass (EMBM5), 13.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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