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MINNESOTA · ITASCA COUNTY

Max

144 people, 1,380 ft above sea level in Itasca County.

1,380 ftElevation, city center
144People, 2024 estimate
29 sq miLand area
Sunny 41°
Sunny now Dew point 20° · SE 6 mph · high 36°
City of Max River Interstate 2 miles
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The Max 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 Max

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Bigfork Municipal Airport (KFOZ) · 3:55 PM
Sunny
41° Sunny Feels like 37° · high of 36° near 4 PM
WindSE 6 mphno gusts
Humidity42%rising to 92% by morning
Pressure30.23 in →steady
Visibility9 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 20° · 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 Itasca County
NWS Duluth and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:20 AM4:41 PM ↓
9 h 21 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
30
GOODAir quality index · ozone
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 23 to 30° ↑ Humid air returns 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 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
36° 23°
0% rain — SSE 1 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
46° 32°
0% rain — S 2 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
51° 36°
0% rain — SSW 2 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
50° 39°
10% rain — S 2 A
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
52° 38°
50% rain up to 0.1″ S 1 B
THU Nov. 19 Chance of showers Chance of showers
46° 30°
30% rain up to 0.06″ WNW 5 B
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
45° 33°
60% rain up to 0.7″ ESE 1 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 Max about 5,000 feet above the ground was over British Columbia three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,040 miles back along its path. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. 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 Max stands on

Max’s center stands about 1,380 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,310 ft to 1,420 ft, a difference of 110 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 6 rock units mapped at the surface.

Max, 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 MAX1,380 ftLow point1,290 ftHigh point of the line1,540 ft ← SWNE →

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

Mafic metavolcanic rocks

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

Magnetic intrusions, undifferentiated

Plutonic. Age: Archean. About 5 mi of the line.

Granite to granodiorite

Granite, granodiorite. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Granitic intrusion

Granitic. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Volcaniclastic rocks of felsic to intermediate composition

Felsic-volcanic. Age: Neoarchean, 2.5 to 2.8 billion years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Granitoid 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 Max’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Max reaches Hudson Bay by way of the Popple, the Big Fork, the Rainy, the Winnipeg and the Nelson: about 1,090 river miles. Past the border it runs north through Canada to Hudson Bay.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Max≈ 1,090 mi · Hudson Bay
FROM THE CENTER OF MAX ≈ 1,090 mi to Hudson Bay Popple → Big Fork → Rainy → Winnipeg → Nelson

Lakes on the way: Lake of the Woods and 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 Max; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Max on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Bemidji MN · 38 MI 38 miles west Duluth MN · 110 MI 110 miles southeast Moorhead MN · 135 MI 135 miles southwest Fargo ND · 139 MI 139 miles southwest Grand Forks ND · 140 MI 140 miles west
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MINNESOTA · ITASCA

Max

144 people, 1,380 ft above sea level in Itasca County.

1,380 ftElevation
144People
29 sq miLand
Sunny 41°
SunnyDew point 20°
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Today in Max

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy day 36° 0%
7p partly cloudy night 28° 0%
10p partly cloudy night 28° 0%
1a partly cloudy night 27° 0%
4a partly cloudy night 27° 0%
7a partly cloudy day 26° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 50%
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Sun0%
Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
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Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Tue10%
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Wed50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Thu30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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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 Max stands on

Max’s center stands about 1,380 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,310 ft to 1,420 ft, a difference of 110 ft: gently rolling country.

Max, southwest to northeast Max1,380 ftHigh point1,540 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,380 ft
Within 3 miles1,310 to 1,420 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (110 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

≈ 1,090 mito Hudson BayPopple → Big Fork → Rainy → Winnipeg → Nelson

A raindrop that lands in Max reaches Hudson Bay by way of the Popple, the Big Fork, the Rainy, the Winnipeg and the Nelson: about 1,090 river miles. Past the border it runs north through Canada to Hudson Bay.

Lakes on the way: Lake of the Woods and Lake Winnipeg.

400 miles of the trip are on the Nelson.