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Knife River, Minnesota

Community in Lake County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Knife River

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 38 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good17.2 mi
  • Ozone16Good17 ppb17.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Knife River

0.38 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.38in
Last 3 days
0.38in

Visibility

How far you can see at Knife River, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Knife River, 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

DuluthNDBC-DULM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,936of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Two HarborsTOHM5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/623 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank192of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Two Harbors, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from Knife River, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Two Harbors, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TWMFIG. A THE SKY OVER TWO HARBORSSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLETwo Harbors, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TWMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TWM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.5 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Two Harbors: temperature 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.5, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TWMFIG. B THE AIR AT TWO HARBORSTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.5 F, 45.5 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 POINTTITLETwo Harbors, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TWMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TWM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Two Harbors, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TWMFIG. C THE WIND AT TWO HARBORSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETwo Harbors, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TWMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TWM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Two Harbors (TOHM5), 7.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Knife River

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

Near Knife River

River and lake gauges