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McKinley, Minnesota

City in St. Louis County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at McKinley

Index 61, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 39 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good6.1 mi
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)61Moderate6.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at McKinley

0.25 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.

Last 24 hours
0.25in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at McKinley, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest McKinley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

McKinley 0.5 NNWMN-SL-185

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,521 ft/50 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Eveleth Waste Water PlantELVM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/1,444 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Eveleth Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from McKinley, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Eveleth Muni, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EVMFIG. A THE SKY OVER EVELETH MUNISECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEEveleth Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EVMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EVM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 45.3 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Eveleth Muni: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.3, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EVMFIG. B THE AIR AT EVELETH MUNITHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 45.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEEveleth Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EVMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EVM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Eveleth Muni, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EVMFIG. C THE WIND AT EVELETH MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEveleth Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EVMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EVM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Eveleth Muni, 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 McKinley

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

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