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Kettle River, Minnesota

City in Carlton County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Kettle River

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 23 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good23.3 mi
  • Ozone14Good10 ppb23.3 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 Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kettle River

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kettle River, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Kettle River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Kettle River 2.0 ENEMN-CN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,237 ft/57 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WrightWRIM5

At a cooperative observer's station/18.2 mi away/1,276 ft/96 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank36of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Moose Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from Kettle River, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Moose Lake, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZHFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOOSE LAKESECTION, 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 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMoose Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MZHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Moose Lake: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZHFIG. B THE AIR AT MOOSE LAKETHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEMoose Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Moose Lake, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZHFIG. C THE WIND AT MOOSE LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMoose Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Wright (WRIM5), 18.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

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Near Kettle River

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