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MINNESOTA · OTTER TAIL COUNTY

Rush Lake

1,057 people, 1,330 ft above sea level in Otter Tail County.

1,330 ftElevation, city center
1,057People, 2024 estimate
27 sq miLand area
Sunny 66°
Sunny now Dew point 63° · SSW 8 mph · high 67°
City of Rush Lake River Interstate 2 miles
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The Rush 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 Rush Lake

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 PM CDT
RIGHT NOW Wadena Municipal Airport (KADC) · 1:35 PM
Sunny
66° Sunny Feels like 66° · high of 67° near 4 PM
WindSSW 8 mphno gusts
Humidity88%falling to 87% this afternoon
Pressure29.69 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 63° · Sticky36° by Friday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Today, about 1 PMin about 1 hours · 54% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 270.68 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Otter Tail County
NWS Grand Forks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:49 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:18 AM7:07 PM ↓
11 h 49 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
34
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
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
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
54% · 0.21 in Tuesday afternoon 50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 53 to 63° ↑ The front passes Drier: 39° 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 Chance of showers Chance of showers
67° 55°
50% rain — S 10 A
WED Sept. 30 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
73° 49°
0% rain — WSW 7 B
THU Oct. 1 Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
61° 41°
0% rain — NW 9 B
FRI Oct. 2 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
60° 45°
10% rain — SW 5 B
SAT Oct. 3 Chance of showers Chance of showers
59° 42°
50% rain up to 0.5″ NW 5 C
SUN Oct. 4 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
58° 38°
0% rain — NW 3 C
MON Oct. 5 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
58° 46°
10% rain — SSE 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 Rush Lake about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Texas three days ago, and over the southern Plains a day ago, about 1,080 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It rose from near the ground on the way. Near the ground the air came from Texas; at 10,000 feet, from the southern Plains. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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MINNESOTA · OTTER TAIL

Rush Lake

1,057 people, 1,330 ft above sea level in Otter Tail County.

1,330 ftElevation
1,057People
27 sq miLand
Sunny 66°
SunnyDew point 63°
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Today in Rush Lake

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now rain 65° 54%
4p mostly cloudy day 67° 24%
7p mostly cloudy night 64° 16%
10p partly cloudy night 61° 2%
1a partly cloudy night 59° 0%
4a partly cloudy night 57° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINToday about 1 PM · 54%
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Tue50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
55
67
A
Wed0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
49
73
B
Thu0%
Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
41
61
B
Fri10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
45
60
B
Sat50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
42
59
C
Sun0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
38
58
C
Mon10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
46
58
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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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