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MINNESOTA · BENTON COUNTY

Granite Ledge

765 people, 1,180 ft above sea level in Benton County.

1,180 ftElevation, city center
765People, 2024 estimate
35 sq miLand area
Rain 61°
Rain now Dew point 61° · SSE 12 mph · high 64°
City of Granite Ledge River Interstate 2 miles
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The Granite Ledge 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 Granite Ledge

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 PM CDT
RIGHT NOW Princeton (KPNM) · 1:35 PM
Rain
61° Rain Feels like 61° · high of 64° near 4 PM
WindSSE 12 mphno gusts
Humidity99%falling to 97% this afternoon
Pressure29.76 in →steady
Visibility5 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 61° · Sticky37° by Friday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Today, about 1 PMin about 1 hours · 77% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 250.03 in · 4 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Benton County
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:49 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:10 AM7:00 PM ↓
11 h 49 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
26
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: 28, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
77% · 0.12 in Tuesday afternoon 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 56 to 63° ↑ The front passes Drier: 41° 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 Showers likely Showers likely
64° 56°
80% rain — S 12 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
76° 53°
0% rain — WSW 7 B
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
64° 41°
0% rain — NW 10 B
FRI Oct. 2 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
61° 42°
0% rain — WSW 5 B
SAT Oct. 3 Chance of showers Chance of showers
61° 42°
40% rain up to 0.2″ WSW 6 C
SUN Oct. 4 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
61° 37°
0% rain — NW 6 C
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 43°
10% rain — SSE 6 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 Granite Ledge about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Texas three days ago, and over the southern Plains a day ago, about 980 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from the Ozarks; at 10,000 feet, from the northern Plains. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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MINNESOTA · BENTON

Granite Ledge

765 people, 1,180 ft above sea level in Benton County.

1,180 ftElevation
765People
35 sq miLand
Rain 61°
RainDew point 61°
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Today in Granite Ledge

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now rain 63° 77%
4p rain 64° 51%
7p mostly cloudy night 63° 15%
10p mostly cloudy night 63° 2%
1a partly cloudy night 62° 0%
4a partly cloudy night 60° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINToday about 1 PM · 77%
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Tue80%
Showers likely Showers likely
56
64
A
Wed0%
Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
53
76
B
Thu0%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
41
64
B
Fri0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
42
61
B
Sat40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
42
61
C
Sun0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
37
61
C
Mon10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
43
59
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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