Storm Station
Brownton, Minnesota
58°
Overcast· Feels like 58°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Rain showers likely and patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
-UV
-Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Brownton, 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

HutchinsonHCD

At an airfield/9.0 mi away/1,060 ft/30 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 732

Winthrop MN-19 Mile Post 108MN032

Beside a road/13.4 mi away/1,031 ft/1 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank497of 732

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/25.1 mi away/1,145 ft/115 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank198of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Brownton 0.2 SSEMN-MC-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,029 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Brownton WWTPBWNM5

At a water treatment plant/0.4 mi away/1,024 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hutchinson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.0 mi from Brownton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Hutchinson, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HCDFIG. A THE SKY OVER HUTCHINSONSECTION, 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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEHutchinson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HCDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HCD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 56.5 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Hutchinson: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.5, 98 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HCDFIG. B THE AIR AT HUTCHINSONTHE 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 56.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.2 F, 56.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEHutchinson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HCDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HCD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hutchinson, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HCDFIG. C THE WIND AT HUTCHINSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHutchinson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HCDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HCD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Brownton WWTP (BWNM5), 0.4 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 Brownton

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