Storm Station
Big Lake, Minnesota
59°
Overcast· Feels like 59°·Light air 4 mph SE
Patchy fog before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. West southwest wind around 0 mph.
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-Air quality
90%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Big Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Crescent Lake No1S2002

At a soil climate station/11.0 mi away/975 ft/33 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

Sherburne RAWSCSCM5

A remote fire weather station/12.9 mi away/1,002 ft/60 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank206of 732

BuffaloCFE

At an airfield/13.6 mi away/968 ft/26 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank731of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Big Lake 1.2 NNWMN-SH-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/938 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Elk RiverELKM5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/892 ft/50 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sherburne RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.9 mi from Big Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:20 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 57.1 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sherburne RAWS: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.1, 97 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSCM5FIG. B THE AIR AT SHERBURNE RAWSTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.9 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 57.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLESherburne RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CSCM5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CSCM5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sherburne RAWS, 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 CSCM5FIG. C THE WIND AT SHERBURNE RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESherburne RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CSCM5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CSCM5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,002 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.85 inHg and the temperature at 55.4 F; it reports 58.0 F, 2.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sherburne RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,002 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.85 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSCM5FIG. D WHERE SHERBURNE RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESHERBURNE RAWS4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,002 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.85 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.0 FTITLESherburne RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CSCM5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CSCM5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sherburne RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Big Lake

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