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Tower, Minnesota

City in St. Louis County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Tower

Index 62, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 38 miles off.

62Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good23.3 mi
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)62Moderate23.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tower

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Tower, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Tower 0.3 SSEMN-SL-353

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,372 ft/23 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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TowerTOWM5

At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/1,457 ft/62 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,576of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Cook Muni Airpor, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.2 mi from Tower, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Cook Muni Airpor, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQMFIG. A THE SKY OVER COOK MUNI AIRPORSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLECook Muni Airpor, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CQMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Cook Muni Airpor: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQMFIG. B THE AIR AT COOK MUNI AIRPORTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 44.6 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 POINTTITLECook Muni Airpor, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CQMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQM-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 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cook Muni Airpor, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQMFIG. C THE WIND AT COOK MUNI AIRPORPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECook Muni Airpor, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CQMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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

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