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Shafer, Minnesota

City in Chisago County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Shafer

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, East Central Minnesota (MN), 28 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone15Good15 ppb15.4 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shafer

0.74 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.74in
Last 3 days
0.74in

Visibility

How far you can see at Shafer, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shafer, 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 now4 instruments

Rush CityROS

At an airfield/23.3 mi away/922 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank430of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Forest Lake 5NEFORM5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/948 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rush City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.3 mi from Shafer, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,100 ft, broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Rush City, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ROSFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUSH CITYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLERush City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ROSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ROS-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 45.0 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Rush City: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ROSFIG. B THE AIR AT RUSH CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 45.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLERush City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ROSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ROS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rush City, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ROSFIG. C THE WIND AT RUSH CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERush City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ROSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ROS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Forest Lake 5NE (FORM5), 8.8 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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