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Elbow Lake, Minnesota

Community in Becker County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Elbow Lake

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 47 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good24.1 mi
  • Ozone14Good14 ppb24.1 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elbow Lake

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elbow Lake, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elbow Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Osage 5NWOSAM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.5 mi away/1,532 ft/32 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank499of 1,965

Mahnomen3N8

At an airfield/19.2 mi away/1,231 ft/269 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Waubun 16.4 EMN-BK-35

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,540 ft/40 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Tamarac Wildlife RefugeTWRM5

In a park or preserve/12.9 mi away/1,460 ft/40 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mahnomen, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.2 mi from Elbow Lake, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mahnomen, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3N8FIG. A THE SKY OVER MAHNOMENSECTION, 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 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMahnomen, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 3N8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3N8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

41.4 F with a dew point of 41.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Mahnomen: temperature 41.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3N8FIG. B THE AIR AT MAHNOMENTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 41.4 F, 41.4 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 POINTTITLEMahnomen, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3N8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3N8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mahnomen, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3N8FIG. C THE WIND AT MAHNOMENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMahnomen, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3N8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3N8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mahnomen, 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 Elbow Lake

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

Near Elbow Lake

River and lake gauges