Storm Station
Avoca, Minnesota
61°
Light rain· Feels like 61°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Rain showers likely and areas of fog before 5am, then areas of fog and a chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 60. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
100%Humidity
96%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Avoca, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SlaytonDVP

At an airfield/7.3 mi away/1,624 ft/86 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank457of 732

Dovray MN-30 Mile Post 49MN038

Beside a road/7.9 mi away/1,563 ft/25 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank489of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Avoca 3.2 EMN-MY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/1,524 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lake WilsonLKWM5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/1,647 ft/109 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Slayton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Avoca. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Slayton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVPFIG. A THE SKY OVER SLAYTONSECTION, 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: 3 MI0510TITLESlayton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DVPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DVP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.7 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Slayton: temperature 61.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVPFIG. B THE AIR AT SLAYTONTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.7 F, 60.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLESlayton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DVP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Slayton, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVPFIG. C THE WIND AT SLAYTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESlayton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DVP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Lake Wilson (LKWM5), 16.0 miles from here, read 21 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Avoca

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