Storm Station
Sign in

Backus, Minnesota

City in Cass County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Backus

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Central Minnesota (MN), 27 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Backus

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Backus, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BadouraBADM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/1,432 ft/88 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank499of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Backus 1.5 WSWMN-CS-69

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,337 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pine River Regio, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.1 mi from Backus, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:40 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Pine River Regio, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWCFIG. A THE SKY OVER PINE RIVER REGIOSECTION, 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 SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEPine River Regio, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PWCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PWC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.3 F with a dew point of 43.3 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Pine River Regio: temperature 45.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.3, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWCFIG. B THE AIR AT PINE RIVER REGIOTHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.3 F, 43.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEPine River Regio, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PWCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PWC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pine River Regio, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWCFIG. C THE WIND AT PINE RIVER REGIOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPine River Regio, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PWCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PWC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pine River Dam (CRLM5), 21.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Backus

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

Near Backus

River and lake gauges