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Laporte, Minnesota

City in Hubbard County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Laporte

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Central Minnesota (MN), 56 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good13.3 mi
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Laporte

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Laporte, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Laporte, 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

WalkerY49

At an airfield/6.3 mi away/1,348 ft/23 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,609of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Laporte 0.4 ESEMN-HB-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,315 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cass LakeCSLM5

At a cooperative observer's station/13.3 mi away/1,322 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,634of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Walker, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from Laporte, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:17 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Walker, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y49FIG. A THE SKY OVER WALKERSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEWalker, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y49TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y49-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Walker: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y49FIG. B THE AIR AT WALKERTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 42.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEWalker, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y49TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y49-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Walker, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 10 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 Y49FIG. C THE WIND AT WALKERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWalker, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y49TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y49-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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