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MINNESOTA · CASS COUNTY

Hackensack

300 people, 1,380 ft above sea level in Cass County.

1,380 ftElevation, city center
300People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 41°
Sunny now Dew point 22° · S 6 mph · high 40°
City of Hackensack River Interstate 2 miles
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The Hackensack 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 Hackensack

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Pine River Regional Airport (KPWC) · 12:55 PM
Sunny
41° Sunny Feels like 37° · high of 40° near 2 PM
WindS 6 mphno gusts
Humidity46%falling to 57% this afternoon
Pressure30.24 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 22° · Dry43° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 50.55 in · 9 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Cass County
NWS Duluth and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:19 AM4:45 PM ↓
9 h 25 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
17
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
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 25 to 32° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 43° 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 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
40° 22°
0% rain — SSE 6 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
46° 31°
0% rain — S 9 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
51° 37°
0% rain — SSW 11 A
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
51° 41°
0% rain — S 9 B
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
52° 40°
40% rain up to 0.09″ S 7 B
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
47° 32°
20% rain — WNW 5 B
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
47° 36°
60% rain up to 0.9″ ESE 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 Hackensack 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 2,300 miles back along its path. It came down from about 11,400 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.

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THE GROUND

What Hackensack stands on

Hackensack’s center stands about 1,380 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,350 ft to 1,510 ft, a difference of 160 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Granite to granodiorite (granite, granodiorite), from the Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old.

The section below crosses 5 rock units mapped at the surface.

Hackensack, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,300 ft1,400 ft1,500 ft HACKENSACK1,380 ftHigh point of the line1,580 ftLow point1,280 ft ← SW · Bull MooseNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. 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

Foliated to gneissic tonalite, granodiorite, and diorite

Tonalite, granodiorite, diorite. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 7 mi of the line.

Granite to granodiorite

Granite, granodiorite. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 7 mi of the line.

Mafic metavolcanic rocks

Metabasalt, greenstone. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 6 mi of the line.

Slate and graywacke

Slate, graywacke. Age: Paleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2 billion years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Granitic intrusion

Granitic. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 2 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.
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THE WATER

Where Hackensack’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Hackensack reaches the Gulf of America by way of the Boy, the Leech Lake and the Mississippi: about 2,280 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Hackensack≈ 2,280 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF HACKENSACK ≈ 2,280 mi to the Gulf of America Boy → Leech Lake → Mississippi

Lakes on the way: Leech Lake, Lake Pepin and Boy Lake.

1,750 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

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

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Hackensack on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Fargo ND · 109 MI 109 miles west Minneapolis MN · 148 MI 148 miles southeast St. Paul MN · 153 MI 153 miles southeast Bloomington MN · 156 MI 156 miles south
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MINNESOTA · CASS

Hackensack

300 people, 1,380 ft above sea level in Cass County.

1,380 ftElevation
300People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 41°
SunnyDew point 22°
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Today in Hackensack

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 39° 0%
4p partly cloudy day 37° 0%
7p partly cloudy night 32° 0%
10p partly cloudy night 28° 0%
1a partly cloudy night 27° 0%
4a partly cloudy night 27° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 40%
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Wed40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Thu20%
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Fri60%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Hackensack stands on

Hackensack’s center stands about 1,380 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,350 ft to 1,510 ft, a difference of 160 ft: gently rolling country.

Hackensack, southwest to northeast Hackensack1,380 ftHigh point1,580 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,380 ft
Within 3 miles1,350 to 1,510 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (160 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceGranite to granodiorite
Its ageNeoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 2,280 mito the Gulf of AmericaBoy → Leech Lake → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Hackensack reaches the Gulf of America by way of the Boy, the Leech Lake and the Mississippi: about 2,280 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Leech Lake, Lake Pepin and Boy Lake.

1,750 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.