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Erskine, Minnesota

City in Polk County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Erskine

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Northwestern Minnesota (MN), 27 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Erskine

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Erskine, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Erskine, 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 now4 instruments

FosstonFSE

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/1,276 ft/82 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,722of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Mahnomen 1WMHNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/24.0 mi away/1,203 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fosston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Erskine, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fosston, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSEFIG. A THE SKY OVER FOSSTONSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFosston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

34.3 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fosston: temperature 34.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 91 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSEFIG. B THE AIR AT FOSSTONTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 34.3 F, 32.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLEFosston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSE-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 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fosston, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSEFIG. C THE WIND AT FOSSTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFosston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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