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Esko, Minnesota

Community in Carlton County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Esko

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 7 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good6.7 mi
  • Ozone20Good22 ppb6.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Esko

0.42 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
0.42in
Last 3 days
0.42in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Esko, 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

CloquetCOQ

At an airfield/6.5 mi away/1,280 ft/119 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank676of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Esko 0.5 WSWMN-CN-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,191 ft/30 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WrenshallWRSM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/1,037 ft/124 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cloquet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from Esko, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cloquet, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COQFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLOQUETSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECloquet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS COQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Cloquet: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COQFIG. B THE AIR AT CLOQUETTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLECloquet, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS COQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cloquet, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COQFIG. C THE WIND AT CLOQUETPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECloquet, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS COQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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