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Perham, Minnesota

City in Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Perham

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 10 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good21.5 mi
  • Ozone24Good26 ppb21.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Perham

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Perham, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Perham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Perham 0.6 SMN-OT-65

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,372 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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New York MillsNYMM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/1,407 ft/41 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank33of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Wadena Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.1 mi from Perham, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wadena Muni, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADCFIG. A THE SKY OVER WADENA 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 SHEETBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWadena Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ADCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Wadena Muni: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADCFIG. B THE AIR AT WADENA 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEWadena Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wadena Muni, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADCFIG. C THE WIND AT WADENA MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWadena Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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