T.H.59 - Thief River - MP 363.4 MN US MNDOTMN113
Beside a road/13.5 mi away/1,135 ft/39 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 58° after 50° today.
Now. Newfolden is 45° and clear at 5 PM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 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 50 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 PM in Newfolden, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 32 miles off.
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Newfolden, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Newfolden, 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 now5 instruments
T.H.59 - Thief River - MP 363.4 MN US MNDOTMN113
Beside a road/13.5 mi away/1,135 ft/39 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Karlstad - KittsonKITM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.0 mi away/1,043 ft/53 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Thief RiverTVF
At an airfield/21.0 mi away/1,115 ft/19 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Goodridge 12 NNW04994
At a climate reference station/21.4 mi away/1,150 ft/54 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station FW2867FW2867
In a volunteer observer's own ground/34.1 mi away/800 ft/296 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Newfolden 0.2 WMN-MS-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,094 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Agassiz RefugeAGAM5
In a park or preserve/16.3 mi away/1,145 ft/49 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 21.0 mi from Newfolden, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
48.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.
From the west (270 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.
The full report of Thief River, 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.