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Soudan, Minnesota

Community in St. Louis County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Soudan

Index 24, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 40 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good24.9 mi
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good24.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Soudan

None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Soudan, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Soudan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ElyELO

At an airfield/18.5 mi away/1,424 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank515of 2,026

measured daily2 instruments

Tower 0.3 SSEMN-SL-353

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,372 ft/55 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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TowerTOWM5

At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/1,457 ft/30 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,810of 2,026

Station report

The weather at Ely, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.5 mi from Soudan, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM 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 Ely, 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 ELOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEEly, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ELOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ELO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

34.5 F with a dew point of 27.3 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ely: temperature 34.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.3, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELOFIG. B THE AIR AT ELYTHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.7 FTEMPERATURE 34.5 FDEW POINT 27.3 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEEly, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ELO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ely, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 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 ELOFIG. C THE WIND AT ELYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEly, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ELO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Soudan

River and lake gauges