Storm Station
Andover, Massachusetts
56°
Light rain· Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNE
Rain showers before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 61. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
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90%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Andover, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Lawrence MunicipalLWM

At an airfield/4.1 mi away/148 ft/37 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank187of 197

Andover @ Rte 93MA001

Beside a road/4.3 mi away/68 ft/117 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank157of 197

Harvard - Oxbow DevensOXBM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.3 mi away/252 ft/67 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank13of 197

measured daily2 instruments

Andover 0.6 EMA-ES-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/205 ft/20 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Merrimack River AT LawrenceLWMM3

At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/43 ft/142 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lawrence Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from Andover. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Lawrence Municipal, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWMFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAWRENCE MUNICIPALSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLELawrence Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LWMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LWM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Lawrence Municipal: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWMFIG. B THE AIR AT LAWRENCE MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.0 F, 55.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLELawrence Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LWM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 40 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 52 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lawrence Municipal, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 40; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWMFIG. C THE WIND AT LAWRENCE MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 40 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELawrence Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LWM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lawrence Municipal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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