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Dent, Minnesota

City in Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Dent

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 11 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good21.7 mi
  • Ozone19Good21 ppb21.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dent

0.24 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
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.24in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dent, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dent, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

OttertailOTTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/1,302 ft/68 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank32of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Detroit Lakes, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.3 mi from Dent, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Detroit Lakes, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTLFIG. A THE SKY OVER DETROIT LAKESSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEDetroit Lakes, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DTLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

40.6 F with a dew point of 38.5 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Detroit Lakes: temperature 40.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.5, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 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 DTLFIG. B THE AIR AT DETROIT LAKESTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 40.6 F, 38.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEDetroit Lakes, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTL-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 28 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Detroit Lakes, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 28 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTLFIG. C THE WIND AT DETROIT LAKESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDetroit Lakes, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Ottertail (OTTM5), 11.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 04:43. measured daily

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