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Effie, Minnesota

City in Itasca County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Effie

Index 63, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 24 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)63Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Effie

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Effie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BigforkFOZ

At an airfield/4.6 mi away/1,348 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank799of 1,965

Effie RAWSEFFM5

A remote fire weather station/4.8 mi away/1,345 ft/52 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank577of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Bigfork 0.4 SMN-IT-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/1,320 ft/77 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Big FallsBGFM5

At a cooperative observer's station/25.4 mi away/1,214 ft/183 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bigfork, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Effie, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Bigfork, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 2.5 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 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

45.5 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Bigfork: temperature 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.5, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 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 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.5 F, 45.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 (330 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Bigfork, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 6 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 FOZFIG. C THE WIND AT BIGFORKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG 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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Snow on the ground

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