Storm Station
Blooming Prairie, Minnesota
58°
Light rain· Feels like 58°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
A chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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83%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Blooming Prairie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Maple IslandMN178

Beside a road/7.9 mi away/1,220 ft/71 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank480of 732

Dodge CenterTOB

At an airfield/15.3 mi away/1,306 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 732

Turtle Creek 3 WNW Austin 3NWTRCM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.4 mi away/1,184 ft/107 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank211of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Blooming Prairie 0.2 WMN-SE-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,291 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Dodge Center, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.3 mi from Blooming Prairie. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Dodge Center, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOBFIG. A THE SKY OVER DODGE CENTERSECTION, 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 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEDodge Center, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TOBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TOB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.6 F with a dew point of 55.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Dodge Center: temperature 55.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOBFIG. B THE AIR AT DODGE CENTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.6 F, 55.6 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 POINTTITLEDodge Center, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TOB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Dodge Center, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 7 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 TOBFIG. C THE WIND AT DODGE CENTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDodge Center, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TOB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Austin Waste Water Treatment Facility (ASTM5), 15.3 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Blooming Prairie

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