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Taconite, Minnesota

City in Itasca County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Taconite

Index 63, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 37 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)63Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Taconite

0.34 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.34in
Last 3 days
0.34in

Visibility

How far you can see at Taconite, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Taconite, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

NashwaukMN180

Beside a road/10.8 mi away/1,450 ft/98 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,695of 1,965

Swan RiverSWAM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.6 mi away/1,308 ft/44 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Bovey 0.7 WMN-IT-104

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,349 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Usda Forestry Science LabGRPM5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/1,329 ft/23 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Grand Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Taconite, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Grand Rapids, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPZFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAND RAPIDSSECTION, 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEGrand Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GPZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Grand Rapids: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPZFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND RAPIDSTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.0 F, 44.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEGrand Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPZ-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 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grand Rapids, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPZFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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