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Lutsen, Minnesota

Community in Cook County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Lutsen

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 18 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lutsen

0.38 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 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 Lutsen, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lutsen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Tofte 4.9 NEMN-CK-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/927 ft/213 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank533of 1,965

Grand MariasGMRM5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.3 mi away/587 ft/127 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank42of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Grand Marais, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Lutsen, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grand Marais: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNAFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND MARAISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.0 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 19.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 Marais, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grand Marais, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNAFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND MARAISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand Marais, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 607 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.27 inHg and the temperature at 56.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.37 inHg means its barometer reads 29.71 inHg; it reports 48.0 F, 8.8 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Grand Marais stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 607 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.27 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.37 and the station pressure it means, 29.71.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNAFIG. D WHERE GRAND MARAIS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREGRAND MARAIS2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT607 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.27 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.37 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.71 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.0 FTITLEGrand Marais, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Grand Marais, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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