Citizen station GW4172GW4172
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/954 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alden's Beach, Minnesota
Beach in Cook County, Minnesota39°
46°/34°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 31°·Moderate breeze 13 mph N
Now. Alden's Beach is 39° and mostly cloudy at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 31°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 13 mph, gusting to 36 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 44° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:39 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
93%Humidity
72%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
39feels31
13mph
Today
Oct 16
4634
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5332
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5740
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
5739
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5538
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
5740
11%
Thu
Oct 22
5844
23%
39°
46°34°
53°32°
57°40°
57°39°
55°38°
57°40°
58°44°
As of 6:00 AM in Alden's Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Alden's Beach
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Minnesota Arrowhead (MN), 28 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good18.5 mi
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Alden's Beach
0.55 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.55in
- Last 3 days
- 0.55in
Visibility
How far you can see at Alden's Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 154°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45006, 35.1 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior
- Wave height
- 4.9 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- NNE (31°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft
- Wind waves
- 4.9 ft at 5 s from NNE
- Water
- 50 °F
- Read
- Fri 5:50 AM
- Distance
- 35.1 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 5:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (31°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NE (39°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | NE (37°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (27°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NE (39°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (134°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (143°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (145°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (128°) |
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 47.8194° N
- Longitude
- 90.0224° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Alden's Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
T.H.61 Grand Marais MP 110.8MN166
Beside a road/14.2 mi away/659 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Grand PortageGPTM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.4 mi away/1,313 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Grand MaraisGNA
At an airfield/15.9 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hovland 2.1 WNWMN-CK-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,031 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Grand MariasGMRM5
At a cooperative observer's station/16.3 mi away/587 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Afton Alpsski areaBemidjicityBoundary WatersfeatureBrainerdcityBuck Hillski areaDuluthcityElycityGiants Ridgeski areaGrand MaraiscityHibbingcityInternational FallscityLutsen Mountainsski areaMinneapoliscityMoorheadcityNorth ShorefeatureRochestercitySaint PaulcitySpirit Mountainski areaSt CloudcityTwo HarborscityWelch Villageski areaWild Mountainski area
Near Alden's Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Grand Maraiscity, 15 mi
- Lutsencommunity, 33 mi
- Lutsen Mountainsski area, 35 mi
- Boundary Watersfeature, 53 mi
- Finlandcommunity, 64 mi
- Silver Baycity, 69 mi
- Beaver Baycity, 71 mi
- Wintoncity, 83 mi
- Elycity, 85 mi
- Babbittcity, 90 mi
- Two Harborscity, 95 mi
- Hoyt Lakescity, 101 mi
Beaches near Alden's Beach
- Paradise Beach3 mi
- Two Fish House Beach14 mi
- Old Shore Beach14 mi
- Big Beach45 mi
- Rocky Beach57 mi
- Black Beach68 mi
- Beaver River Beach71 mi
- Pebble Beach76 mi