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Williams, Minnesota

City in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Williams

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northwestern Minnesota (MN), 64 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Williams

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Williams, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BaudetteBDE

At an airfield/15.8 mi away/1,079 ft/70 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,333of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Camp Norris DnrRLWM5

At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/1,296 ft/147 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Baudette, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Williams, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:01 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,700 ft, broken at 4,000 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Baudette, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDEFIG. A THE SKY OVER BAUDETTESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBaudette, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BDETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Baudette: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDEFIG. B THE AIR AT BAUDETTETHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 43.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEBaudette, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Baudette, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDEFIG. C THE WIND AT BAUDETTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBaudette, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Camp Norris Dnr (RLWM5), 15.2 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Williams

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Near Williams

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