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MINNESOTA · CROW WING COUNTY

Ross Lake

174 people, 1,300 ft above sea level in Crow Wing County.

1,300 ftElevation, city center
174People, 2024 estimate
33 sq miLand area
Sunny 61°
Sunny now Dew point 60° · SSW 15 mph · high 64°
City of Ross Lake River Interstate 2 miles
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The Ross Lake 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 Ross Lake

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 1:00 PM CDT
RIGHT NOW Aitkin Municipal Airport - Steve Kurtz Field (KAIT) · 1:55 PM
Sunny
61° Sunny Feels like 61° · high of 64° near 5 PM
WindSSW 15 mphno gusts
Humidity97%falling to 93% this afternoon
Pressure29.72 in →steady
Visibility6 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 60° · Sticky36° by Friday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Saturday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 270.32 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Crow Wing County
NWS Duluth and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 2:19 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:11 AM7:00 PM ↓
11 h 48 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
25
GOODAir quality index · ozone
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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mostly cloudy day
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fog
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partly cloudy day
mostly sunny
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mostly cloudy night
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mostly clear night
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 54 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
64° 55°
30% rain — S 11 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
75° 48°
0% rain — WSW 6 B
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
63° 37°
0% rain — NW 8 B
FRI Oct. 2 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
61° 39°
0% rain — WSW 5 B
SAT Oct. 3 Chance of showers Chance of showers
60° 38°
40% rain up to 0.4″ WNW 5 C
SUN Oct. 4 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 34°
0% rain — NW 5 C
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 41°
10% rain — SSE 5 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 Ross Lake about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Texas three days ago, and over the southern Plains a day ago, about 1,140 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from the Ozarks; at 10,000 feet, from Texas. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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MINNESOTA · CROW WING

Ross Lake

174 people, 1,300 ft above sea level in Crow Wing County.

1,300 ftElevation
174People
33 sq miLand
Sunny 61°
SunnyDew point 60°
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Today in Ross Lake

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 63° 29%
5p mostly cloudy day 64° 27%
8p mostly cloudy night 62° 6%
11p mostly cloudy night 61° 1%
2a fog 61° 0%
5a fog 59° 0%
Showers
NEXT RAINSaturday · 40%
→
Tue30%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
55
64
A
Wed0%
Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
48
75
B
Thu0%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
37
63
B
Fri0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
39
61
B
Sat40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
38
60
C
Sun0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
34
59
C
Mon10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
41
59
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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