Storm Station
Cottonwood, Minnesota
61°
Overcast· Feels like 61°·Light air 4 mph SE
Areas of drizzle and areas of fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
100%Humidity
93%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cottonwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Granite FallsGDB

At an airfield/11.6 mi away/1,047 ft/32 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Cottonwood 3.9 WNWMN-YM-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/1,086 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DiversionMMLM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/1,142 ft/63 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Granite Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Cottonwood. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 100 ft; the ceiling is 100 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Granite Falls, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 100 feet, the ceiling at 100 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDBFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRANITE 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 100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLEGranite Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GDBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GDB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Granite Falls, 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 GDBFIG. C THE WIND AT GRANITE FALLSPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGranite Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GDB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 1,047 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.81 inHg and the temperature at 55.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.05 inHg means its barometer reads 28.93 inHg.

Section from sea level of where Granite Falls stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,047 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.81 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.05 and the station pressure it means, 28.93.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDBFIG. D WHERE GRANITE FALLS 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 ATMOSPHEREGRANITE FALLS4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,047 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 HERE28.81 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.3 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.05 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.93 inHgTITLEGranite Falls, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GDB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Diversion (MMLM5), 11.4 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Cottonwood

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