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Karlstad, Minnesota

City in Kittson County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Karlstad

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 27 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Karlstad

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Karlstad, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

HallockHCO

At an airfield/22.9 mi away/820 ft/225 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank719of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Karlstad 0.2 SSWMN-KT-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,052 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GreenbushGBHM5

At a cooperative observer's station/17.9 mi away/1,066 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Karlstad - Kittson, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.0 mi from Karlstad, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:06 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 35.3 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Karlstad - Kittson: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.3, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KITM5FIG. B THE AIR AT KARLSTAD - KITTSONTHE 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 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.8 FTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 35.3 FSPREAD 6.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEKarlstad - Kittson, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP KITM5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KITM5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (351 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Karlstad - Kittson, north up: blowing from 351 degrees, the north, 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 KITM5FIG. C THE WIND AT KARLSTAD - KITTSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 351°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKarlstad - Kittson, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP KITM5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KITM5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,043 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.81 inHg and the temperature at 55.3 F; it reports 42.0 F, 13.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Karlstad - Kittson stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,043 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.81 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KITM5FIG. D WHERE KARLSTAD - KITTSON STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREKARLSTAD - KITTSON4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,043 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.81 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED42.0 FTITLEKarlstad - Kittson, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP KITM5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KITM5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Karlstad - Kittson, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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