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MINNESOTA · LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY

Walter

132 people, 1,080 ft above sea level in Lac qui Parle County.

1,080 ftElevation, city center
132People, 2024 estimate
29 sq miLand area
Sunny 70°
Sunny now Dew point 68° · SSW 14 mph · high 71°
City of Walter River Interstate 2 miles
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The Walter 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 Walter

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 PM CDT
RIGHT NOW MILBANK (K1D1) · 1:35 PM
Sunny
70° Sunny Feels like 70° · high of 71° near 3 PM
WindSSW 14 mphno gusts
Humidity94%falling to 84% this afternoon
Pressure29.69 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 68° · Muggy40° by Friday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Saturday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 270.17 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Lac qui Parle County
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:49 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:21 AM7:10 PM ↓
11 h 49 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
20
GOODAir quality index · ozone
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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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Sticky: dew points 55 to 66° ↑ The front passes Drier: 43° by Friday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 67° / 42°
TUE Sept. 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
71° 55°
20% rain — SSW 9 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
78° 53°
0% rain — WSW 6 B
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
63° 45°
0% rain — NNW 9 A
FRI Oct. 2 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
62° 47°
0% rain — SE 3 B
SAT Oct. 3 Chance of showers Chance of showers
64° 45°
40% rain up to 0.2″ NW 6 C
SUN Oct. 4 Sunny Sunny
62° 42°
0% rain — NNE 3 C
MON Oct. 5 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
63° 50°
10% rain — SSE 10 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 Walter about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Texas three days ago, and over the southern Rockies a day ago, about 990 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from the Mississippi Valley; at 10,000 feet, from the southern Rockies. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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Watertown SD · 39 MI 39 miles west Sioux Falls SD · 110 MI 110 miles south Fargo ND · 123 MI 123 miles north Minneapolis MN · 154 MI 154 miles east St. Paul MN · 162 MI 162 miles east
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MINNESOTA · LAC QUI PARLE

Walter

132 people, 1,080 ft above sea level in Lac qui Parle County.

1,080 ftElevation
132People
29 sq miLand
Sunny 70°
SunnyDew point 68°
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Today in Walter

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 68° 14%
4p partly cloudy day 71° 4%
7p partly cloudy night 68° 1%
10p mostly clear night 63° 0%
1a clear night 60° 0%
4a mostly clear night 58° 0%
Showers
NEXT RAINSaturday · 40%
→
Tue20%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
55
71
A
Wed0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
53
78
B
Thu0%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
45
63
A
Fri0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
47
62
B
Sat40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
45
64
C
Sun0%
Sunny Sunny
42
62
C
Mon10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
50
63
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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