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Waubun, Minnesota

City in Mahnomen County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Waubun

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley South (MN), 39 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good23.8 mi
  • Ozone18Good26 ppb23.8 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Waubun

0.18 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.18in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Waubun, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Mahnomen3N8

At an airfield/5.2 mi away/1,231 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Ogema 4.6 WMN-BK-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/1,233 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mahnomen 1WMHNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/1,203 ft/36 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mahnomen, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.2 mi from Waubun, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mahnomen, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3N8FIG. A THE SKY OVER MAHNOMENSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMahnomen, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 3N8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3N8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Mahnomen: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3N8FIG. B THE AIR AT MAHNOMENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 6.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEMahnomen, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3N8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3N8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES 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 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mahnomen, 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 3N8FIG. C THE WIND AT MAHNOMENPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMahnomen, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3N8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3N8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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