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La Prairie, Minnesota

City in Itasca County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at La Prairie

Index 56, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 44 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)56Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at La Prairie

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at La Prairie, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest La Prairie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Swan RiverSWAM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.3 mi away/1,308 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Grand Rapids 2.1 EMN-IT-110

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,275 ft/15 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Usda Forestry Science LabGRPM5

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/1,329 ft/39 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Grand Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.5 mi from La Prairie, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,700 ft, overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grand Rapids, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPZFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAND RAPIDSSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrand Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GPZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Grand Rapids: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPZFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND RAPIDSTHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEGrand Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grand Rapids, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPZFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near La Prairie

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

Near La Prairie

River and lake gauges