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Rutledge, Minnesota

City in Pine County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Rutledge

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 36 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone29Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rutledge

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rutledge, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Rutledge, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Finlayson 4.1 NEMN-PN-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,024 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SandstoneSNDM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/1,129 ft/92 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Moose Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.4 mi from Rutledge, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 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 Moose Lake, 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 MZHFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOOSE LAKESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMoose Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MZHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 53 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Moose Lake: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 53 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZHFIG. B THE AIR AT MOOSE LAKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.0 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 53 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 POINTTITLEMoose Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Moose Lake, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZHFIG. C THE WIND AT MOOSE LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMoose Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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