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Scanlon, Minnesota

City in Carlton County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Scanlon

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 4 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good3.9 mi
  • Ozone14Good12 ppb3.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Scanlon

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.29in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Scanlon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CloquetCOQ

At an airfield/3.4 mi away/1,280 ft/50 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank676of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Cloquet 2.8 ESEMN-CN-87

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,254 ft/24 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CloquetCLQM5

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/1,273 ft/43 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,763of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Cloquet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.4 mi from Scanlon, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 700 ft, overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Cloquet, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COQFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLOQUETSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLECloquet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS COQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COQ-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 46.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Cloquet: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COQFIG. B THE AIR AT CLOQUETTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 46.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECloquet, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS COQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cloquet, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COQFIG. C THE WIND AT CLOQUETPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECloquet, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS COQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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