Storm Station
Balaton, Minnesota
61°
Overcast· Feels like 61°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Widespread drizzle and areas of fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
100%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Balaton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

U.S.14 - Florence - MP 21.2MN160

Beside a road/8.6 mi away/1,742 ft/190 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank489of 732

TracyTKC

At an airfield/13.2 mi away/1,339 ft/213 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank717of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Balaton 2.1 SEMN-LY-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,547 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

TracyTCYM5

At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/1,401 ft/151 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Tracy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Balaton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 3/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Tracy, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 3/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKCFIG. A THE SKY OVER TRACYSECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3/4 MI0510TITLETracy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TKCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TKC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Tracy: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKCFIG. B THE AIR AT TRACYTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLETracy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TKCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TKC-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 Tracy, 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 TKCFIG. C THE WIND AT TRACYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLETracy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TKCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TKC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Tracy (TCYM5), 12.1 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Balaton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.