Atkinson Bridge I-35 Mile Post 231MN097
Beside a road/6.0 mi away/1,190 ft/27 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 2 AM (65%).
Now. Mahtowa is 45° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 46° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 12 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 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 54 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Mahtowa, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.15 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 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mahtowa, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Mahtowa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Atkinson Bridge I-35 Mile Post 231MN097
Beside a road/6.0 mi away/1,190 ft/27 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
CloquetCOQ
At an airfield/10.8 mi away/1,280 ft/117 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Moose Lake RAWSMZHM5
A remote fire weather station/13.3 mi away/1,060 ft/103 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW8511EW8511
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.4 mi away/1,185 ft/22 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sandstone 6 W54932
At a climate reference station/36.2 mi away/1,130 ft/33 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Barnum 5.7 NNEMN-CN-71
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,201 ft/38 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CloquetCLQM5
At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/1,273 ft/110 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 10.8 mi from Mahtowa, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 600 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 3 mi.
46.4 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.
From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Cloquet, 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.