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Squaw Lake, Minnesota

City in Itasca County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Squaw Lake

Index 58, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 50 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)58Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Squaw Lake

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Squaw Lake, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Squaw Lake, 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

Cutfoot RAWSCUTM5

A remote fire weather station/7.7 mi away/1,385 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank671of 1,965

BigforkFOZ

At an airfield/25.3 mi away/1,348 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank799of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Squaw Lake 0.2 SMN-IT-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,338 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

NorthomeNOHM5

At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/1,457 ft/109 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,870of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Bigfork, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.3 mi from Squaw Lake, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,400 ft, broken at 2,000 ft, broken at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bigfork, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOZFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIGFORKSECTION, 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 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBigfork, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FOZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.7 F with a dew point of 38.3 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 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Bigfork: temperature 39.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.3, 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 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOZFIG. B THE AIR AT BIGFORKTHE 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 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 39.7 F, 38.3 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 POINTTITLEBigfork, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bigfork, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, 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 FOZFIG. C THE WIND AT BIGFORKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBigfork, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Northome (NOHM5), 15.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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