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Wildfire live risk in Benson, MN

high

Wildfire conditions for Benson, MN, combining fire weather alerts, air dryness, wind, and NOAA HMS smoke/fire activity. Dryness and wind signal: moderate (42/100).

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Fire weather alerts

0

Active fires (50 mi)

165

Smoke plume

No smoke detected

Dryness and wind

RH 45% · Wind 2 mph · Rain 0%

Historical baseline

Wildfire baseline: 7/100 (Low).

Benson, MN

Live weather

Current conditions near Benson, MN

Updated recently (open-meteo)

Temp

40°

☀️Clear

Feels like

33°

Feels-like temp

Humidity

45%

Relative

Wind

2 mph

10 m avg

Pressure

1024 mb

Sea-level

Rain

0 mm

Clouds 0%

Next few hours

☀️1 AM

40°

0% rain

☀️2 AM

39°

0% rain

☀️3 AM

37°

0% rain

☀️4 AM

36°

0% rain

☀️5 AM

35°

0% rain

☀️6 AM

34°

0% rain

Next few days

☁️Mon

73° / 34°

9% rain

🌦️Tue

64° / 50°

19% rain

☀️Wed

72° / 44°

0% rain

☁️Thu

82° / 48°

8% rain

🌧️Fri

89° / 64°

16% rain

☁️Sat

77° / 56°

15% rain

🌦️Sun

76° / 59°

27% rain

Live weather alerts

Active NWS advisories near Benson, MN

1 alerts

Frost Advisory

Effective local time

Frost Advisory issued May 11 at 12:19AM CDT until May 11 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

Stevens; Pope; Lac Qui Parle; Swift; Chippewa; Kandiyohi; Meeker; Wright; Anoka; Washington; Yellow Medicine; Renville; McLeod; Sibley; Carver; Scott; Dakota; Redwood; Brown; Nicollet; Le Sueur; Rice; Goodhue; Watonwan; Blue Earth; Waseca; Steele; Martin; Faribault; Freeborn; St. Croix; Pierce; Dunn; Pepin

Source: NWS alerts feed.

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