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Bethel, Minnesota

City in Anoka County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Bethel

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 13 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good18 mi
  • Ozone18Good14 ppb3.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good18 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.1 ppb18 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.1 ppb18 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bethel

0.39 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.39in
Last 3 days
0.39in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bethel, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bethel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

East Bethel 3.8 NNWMN-AA-173

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/923 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CambridgeCMBM5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/948 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,648of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Cambridge Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.8 mi from Bethel, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cambridge Muni, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBGFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAMBRIDGE MUNISECTION, 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 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECambridge Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CBGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBG-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 42.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Cambridge Muni: temperature 45.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBGFIG. B THE AIR AT CAMBRIDGE MUNITHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 45.3 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 3.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLECambridge Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CBGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBG-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 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cambridge Muni, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, 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 CBGFIG. C THE WIND AT CAMBRIDGE MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECambridge Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CBGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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