T.H.71 - Lake Itasca - MP 281.1 MN US MNDOTMN120
Beside a road/6.7 mi away/1,562 ft/134 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees warmer: a high of 58° after 48° today.
Now. Lake George is 42° and overcast at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 45° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:03 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Lake George, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 56 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.14 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lake George, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Lake George, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
T.H.71 - Lake Itasca - MP 281.1 MN US MNDOTMN120
Beside a road/6.7 mi away/1,562 ft/134 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Itasca Mn Dnr Wx STNITCM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.0 mi away/1,542 ft/114 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WalkerY49
At an airfield/16.3 mi away/1,348 ft/80 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW6287EW6287
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.5 mi away/1,445 ft/17 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Laporte 17.2 WMN-HB-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/1,467 ft/39 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Univ. Of Minn.ITAM5
At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/1,470 ft/42 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 16.3 mi from Lake George, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:37 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.
44.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.
From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Walker, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.