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Becker, Minnesota

City in Sherburne County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Becker

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 16 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good16.3 mi
  • Ozone16Good14 ppb16.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Becker

0.32 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
0.32in
Last 3 days
0.32in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Becker, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Maple LakeMGG

At an airfield/12.8 mi away/1,027 ft/53 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank430of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Becker 1.8 NNWMN-SH-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/980 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SantiagoSATM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/1,017 ft/43 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Maple Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.8 mi from Becker, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Maple Lake, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGGFIG. A THE SKY OVER MAPLE LAKESECTION, 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 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMaple Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.7 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Maple Lake: temperature 48.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGGFIG. B THE AIR AT MAPLE LAKETHE 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 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 48.7 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 6.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEMaple Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Maple Lake, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGGFIG. C THE WIND AT MAPLE LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMaple Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Santiago (SATM5), 11.4 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Becker

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