Storm Station
Battle Lake, Minnesota
60°
Light rain· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Patchy fog before 11am. Partly sunny. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 69 in the afternoon. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
96%Humidity
96%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Battle Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ottertail MN-78 Mile Post 34MN055

Beside a road/9.9 mi away/1,344 ft/23 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank486of 732

Fergus FallsFFM

At an airfield/21.1 mi away/1,184 ft/183 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Battle Lake 1.2 WNWMN-OT-67

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,366 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OttertailOTTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/1,302 ft/65 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fergus Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.1 mi from Battle Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1 mi.

Section of the sky over Fergus Falls, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFMFIG. A THE SKY OVER FERGUS FALLSSECTION, 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: 1 MI0510TITLEFergus Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FFMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FFM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES 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 Fergus Falls: 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 FFMFIG. B THE AIR AT FERGUS FALLSTHE 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 POINTTITLEFergus Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FFM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fergus Falls, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFMFIG. C THE WIND AT FERGUS FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFergus Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FFM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Ottertail (OTTM5), 11.6 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 05:26. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Battle Lake

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