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Baxter, Minnesota

City in Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Baxter

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Central Minnesota (MN), 16 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good6.8 mi
  • Ozone16Good17 ppb6.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baxter

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Baxter, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Baxter, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BrainerdBRD

At an airfield/7.9 mi away/1,220 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank29of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

BrainerdBRAM5

At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,178 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank36of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Brainerd, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.9 mi from Baxter, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,600 ft, broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Brainerd, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRDFIG. A THE SKY OVER BRAINERDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBrainerd, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BRDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BRD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Brainerd: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRDFIG. B THE AIR AT BRAINERDTHE 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 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEBrainerd, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BRDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BRD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Brainerd, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 36; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRDFIG. C THE WIND AT BRAINERDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBrainerd, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BRDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BRD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Brainerd (BRAM5), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Baxter

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

Near Baxter

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