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Willow River, Minnesota

City in Pine County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Willow River

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 31 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Willow River

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Willow River, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Willow River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sturgeon Lake 1.2 SSWMN-PN-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,061 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SandstoneSNDM5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.1 mi away/1,129 ft/89 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Moose Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.1 mi from Willow River, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft, broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Moose Lake, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZHFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOOSE LAKESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMoose Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MZHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Moose Lake: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZHFIG. B THE AIR AT MOOSE LAKETHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEMoose Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Moose Lake, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZHFIG. C THE WIND AT MOOSE LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMoose Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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