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Osakis, Minnesota

City in Douglas County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Osakis

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 44 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Osakis

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Osakis, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Osakis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Osakis 1.7 NWMN-DS-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,384 ft/44 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Long PrairieLNGM5

At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/1,355 ft/15 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank40of 2,026

Station report

The weather at Alexandria, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Osakis, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Alexandria, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXNFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALEXANDRIASECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlexandria, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AXNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AXN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

35.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Alexandria: temperature 35.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXNFIG. B THE AIR AT ALEXANDRIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.3 FTEMPERATURE 35.0 FDEW POINT 27.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLEAlexandria, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AXN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alexandria, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 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 AXNFIG. C THE WIND AT ALEXANDRIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlexandria, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AXN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Alexandria, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Long Prairie (LNGM5), 14.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Osakis

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

Near Osakis

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