Storm Station
Franklin Town, Massachusetts
57°
Rain· Feels like 57°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NE
Rain showers before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 64. Northeast wind 12 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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100%Humidity
95%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Franklin Town, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Franklin I495MA017

Beside a road/1.8 mi away/354 ft/38 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank158of 197

Mansfield1B9

At an airfield/12.1 mi away/118 ft/198 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank137of 197

measured daily2 instruments

Franklin 0.3 WNWMA-NF-98

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/282 ft/34 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FranklinFRAM3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/259 ft/57 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mansfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Franklin Town. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 600 ft, broken at 1,100 ft, overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 1.75 mi.

Section of the sky over Mansfield, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 1.75 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1B9FIG. A THE SKY OVER MANSFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.75 MI0510TITLEMansfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1B9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1B9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.6 F with a dew point of 60.3 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Mansfield: temperature 60.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.3, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1B9FIG. B THE AIR AT MANSFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.6 F, 60.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEMansfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1B9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1B9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mansfield, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1B9FIG. C THE WIND AT MANSFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMansfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1B9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-1B9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

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