FORECAST CITY
Sign in
Shaded-relief map of Dudley, Minnesota: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
MINNESOTA · CLEARWATER COUNTY

Dudley

428 people, 1,490 ft above sea level in Clearwater County.

1,490 ftElevation, city center
428People, 2024 estimate
30 sq miLand area
Sunny 38°
Sunny now Dew point 23° · ESE 8 mph · high 33°
City of Dudley River Interstate 2 miles
Explore the plate Order a print

The Dudley 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.

MILE1
TODAY

Today in Dudley

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 4:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Bemidji (KBJI) · 4:35 PM
Sunny
38° Sunny Feels like 32° · high of 33° near 4 PM
WindESE 8 mphno gusts
Humidity55%rising to 88% by morning
Pressure30.22 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 23° · Dry41° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday50% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAIN—none in 31 days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Clearwater County
NWS Grand Forks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:46 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:24 AM4:46 PM ↓
9 h 21 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
13
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
SATURDAY, NOV. 14
SUNDAY, NOV. 15
MONDAY, NOV. 16
TUESDAY, NOV. 17
4p
7p
10p
1a
4a
7a
10a
1p
4p
7p
10p
1a
4a
7a
10a
1p
4p
7p
10p
1a
4a
7a
10a
1p
mostly clear night
partly cloudy night
partly cloudy night
partly cloudy night
partly cloudy night
partly cloudy day
mostly sunny
clear day
clear night
clear night
clear night
partly cloudy night
partly cloudy night
mostly cloudy day
partly cloudy day
mostly sunny
mostly clear night
partly cloudy night
partly cloudy night
partly cloudy night
partly cloudy night
mostly cloudy day
mostly cloudy day
mostly cloudy day
TEMPERATURE °F
33°
27°
46°
37°
52°
39°
CHANCE OF RAIN
50%
WIND, MPH
7
8
8
8
8
10
12
13
13
12
11
11
12
12
12
12
9
9
8
8
8
10
12
12
HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 23 to 41° More humid: 41° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
33° 25°
0% rain — SSE 7 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
47° 34°
0% rain — S 12 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
52° 38°
0% rain — SSW 12 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
51° 40°
10% rain — S 10 B
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
51° 38°
50% rain up to 0.08″ S 8 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
44° 32°
30% rain — WNW 6 B
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
43° 34°
60% rain up to 0.7″ ESE 9 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 Dudley about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Gulf of Alaska three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,390 miles back along its path. It came down from about 13,500 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

MILE2
THE GROUND

What Dudley stands on

Dudley’s center stands about 1,490 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,420 ft to 1,530 ft, a difference of 110 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Granitic intrusion, from the Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old.

Dudley, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,300 ft1,400 ft1,500 ft1,600 ft DUDLEY1,490 ftNora1,630 ftLow point1,260 ft ← SW · NoraNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 53×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Granitic intrusion

Granitic. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
MILE3
THE WATER

Where Dudley’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Dudley reaches Hudson Bay by way of Ruffy Brook, the Clearwater, the Red Lake, the Red River of the North and the Nelson: about 1,130 river miles. Past the border it runs north through Canada to Hudson Bay.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Dudley≈ 1,130 mi · Hudson Bay
FROM THE CENTER OF DUDLEY ≈ 1,130 mi to Hudson Bay Ruffy Brook → Clearwater → Red Lake → Red River of the North → Nelson

Lake on the way: Lake Winnipeg.

400 miles of the trip are on the Nelson.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Dudley; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

MILE7
ON THE NETWORK

Around Dudley on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Bemidji MN · 20 MI 20 miles southeast Fargo ND · 91 MI 91 miles southwest Duluth MN · 158 MI 158 miles east Blaine MN · 195 MI 195 miles southeast Brooklyn Park MN · 196 MI 196 miles southeast
FORECASTCITY
Map of Dudley, Minnesota. Explore the plate
MINNESOTA · CLEARWATER

Dudley

428 people, 1,490 ft above sea level in Clearwater County.

1,490 ftElevation
428People
30 sq miLand
Sunny 38°
SunnyDew point 23°
1

Today in Dudley

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 33° 0%
7p partly cloudy night 30° 0%
10p partly cloudy night 29° 0%
1a partly cloudy night 28° 0%
4a partly cloudy night 27° 0%
7a partly cloudy day 27° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 50%
→
Sat0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
25
33
A
Sun0%
Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
34
47
A
Mon0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
38
52
B
Tue10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
40
51
B
Wed50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
38
51
B
Thu30%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
32
44
B
Fri60%
Showers likely Showers likely
34
43
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
2

What Dudley stands on

Dudley’s center stands about 1,490 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,420 ft to 1,530 ft, a difference of 110 ft: gently rolling country.

Dudley, southwest to northeast Dudley1,490 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 102×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,490 ft
Within 3 miles1,420 to 1,530 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (110 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceGranitic intrusion
Its ageNeoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old
3

Where the rain goes

≈ 1,130 mito Hudson BayRuffy Brook → Clearwater → Red Lake → Red River of the North → Nelson

A raindrop that lands in Dudley reaches Hudson Bay by way of Ruffy Brook, the Clearwater, the Red Lake, the Red River of the North and the Nelson: about 1,130 river miles. Past the border it runs north through Canada to Hudson Bay.

Lake on the way: Lake Winnipeg.

400 miles of the trip are on the Nelson.