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Big Falls, Minnesota

City in Koochiching County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Big Falls

Index 62, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 41 miles off.

62Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)62Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Falls

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

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Big Falls, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Big Falls, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BigforkFOZ

At an airfield/29.2 mi away/1,348 ft/136 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank799of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Big FallsBGFM5

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/1,214 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bigfork, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.2 mi from Big Falls, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Bigfork, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOZFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIGFORKSECTION, 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 SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEBigfork, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FOZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 39.4 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Bigfork: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.4, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOZFIG. B THE AIR AT BIGFORKTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 41.0 F, 39.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEBigfork, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bigfork, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOZFIG. C THE WIND AT BIGFORKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBigfork, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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