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MINNESOTA · OTTER TAIL COUNTY

Bluffton

212 people, 1,370 ft above sea level in Otter Tail County.

1,370 ftElevation, city center
212People, 2024 estimate
3 sq miLand area
Sunny 66°
Sunny now Dew point 64° · SSW 3 mph · high 67°
City of Bluffton River Interstate 2 miles
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The Bluffton plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Bluffton

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM CDT
RIGHT NOW Wadena Municipal Airport (KADC) · 3:35 PM
Sunny
66° Sunny Feels like 66° · high of 67° near 3 PM
WindSSW 3 mphno gusts
Humidity94%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure29.67 in →steady
Visibility2 mifog or heavy haze
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 64° · Sticky36° by Thursday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Saturday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 270.68 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Otter Tail County
NWS Grand Forks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:51 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:16 AM7:05 PM ↓
11 h 49 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
33
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: 22, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 53 to 63° ↑ The front passes Drier: 37° by Friday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
TUE Sept. 29 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
67° 56°
20% rain — SSW 9 A
WED Sept. 30 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
73° 48°
0% rain — WSW 6 B
THU Oct. 1 Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
61° 41°
0% rain — NW 9 B
FRI Oct. 2 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
59° 45°
10% rain — SSW 5 B
SAT Oct. 3 Chance of showers Chance of showers
60° 42°
40% rain up to 0.09″ WNW 5 C
SUN Oct. 4 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 38°
0% rain — NW 3 C
MON Oct. 5 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
58° 46°
0% rain — SSE 7 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Bluffton about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Texas three days ago, and over the southern Plains a day ago, about 1,390 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from a point about 520 miles to the southeast; at 10,000 feet, from the southern Plains. It feels humid. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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MINNESOTA · OTTER TAIL

Bluffton

212 people, 1,370 ft above sea level in Otter Tail County.

1,370 ftElevation
212People
3 sq miLand
Sunny 66°
SunnyDew point 64°
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Today in Bluffton

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 67° 0%
6p mostly cloudy day 67° 8%
9p mostly cloudy night 62° 6%
12a partly cloudy night 60° 0%
3a partly cloudy night 58° 0%
6a partly cloudy night 57° 0%
Showers
NEXT RAINSaturday · 40%
→
Tue20%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
56
67
A
Wed0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
48
73
B
Thu0%
Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
41
61
B
Fri10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
45
59
B
Sat40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
42
60
C
Sun0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
38
59
C
Mon0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
46
58
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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