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Turtle River, Minnesota

City in Beltrami County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Turtle River

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northwestern Minnesota (MN), 46 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good16 mi
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Turtle River

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Turtle River, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Turtle River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BemidjiBJI

At an airfield/10.0 mi away/1,378 ft/53 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank523of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Turtle River 0.3 ENEMN-BM-55

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,328 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bemidji DnrBJIM5

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/1,378 ft/53 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bemidji, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.0 mi from Turtle River, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bemidji, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJIFIG. A THE SKY OVER BEMIDJISECTION, 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 3,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBemidji, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BJITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Bemidji: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJIFIG. B THE AIR AT BEMIDJITHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEBemidji, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJI-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 16 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bemidji, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJIFIG. C THE WIND AT BEMIDJIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBemidji, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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