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Cook, Minnesota

City in St. Louis County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Cook

Index 48, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 20 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good23.6 mi
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)48Good23.6 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cook

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.29in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cook, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Orr RAWSORBM5

A remote fire weather station/14.1 mi away/1,339 ft/24 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank527of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

CookCOKM5

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,306 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank31of 1,965

Cook 6.0 NMN-SL-327

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/1,401 ft/86 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank1,316of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Cook Muni Airpor, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.1 mi from Cook, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,300 ft, broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Cook Muni Airpor, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQMFIG. A THE SKY OVER COOK MUNI AIRPORSECTION, 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 3,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLECook Muni Airpor, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CQMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 87 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 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Cook Muni Airpor: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 87 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 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQMFIG. B THE AIR AT COOK MUNI AIRPORTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLECook Muni Airpor, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CQMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQM-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 16 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cook Muni Airpor, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQMFIG. C THE WIND AT COOK MUNI AIRPORPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECook Muni Airpor, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CQMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Cook

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

Near Cook

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