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Trail, Minnesota

City in Polk County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Trail

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northwestern Minnesota (MN), 12 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Trail

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Trail, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Trail, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.4 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

FosstonFSE

At an airfield/13.3 mi away/1,276 ft/61 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,722of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Gonvick 0.2 ENEMN-CL-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/1,255 ft/40 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Red Lake Indian AgencyRIAM5

At a cooperative observer's station/32.3 mi away/1,217 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fosston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.3 mi from Trail, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Fosston, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSEFIG. A THE SKY OVER FOSSTONSECTION, 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 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEFosston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.4 F with a dew point of 43.5 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Fosston: temperature 44.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.5, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSEFIG. B THE AIR AT FOSSTONTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.4 F, 43.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEFosston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fosston, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSEFIG. C THE WIND AT FOSSTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFosston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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