Storm Station
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
59°
Light rain· Feels like 59°·Light breeze 8 mph SSE
Rain showers likely and patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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96%Humidity
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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Detroit Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Detroit LakesDTL

At an airfield/2.2 mi away/1,398 ft/43 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 732

T.H.10 - Frazee - MP 55.2MN132

Beside a road/10.3 mi away/1,391 ft/36 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank497of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Detroit Lakes 0.6 NMN-BK-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/1,360 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Detroit LakesDTRM5

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/1,351 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Detroit Lakes, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.2 mi from Detroit Lakes. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Detroit Lakes, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTLFIG. A THE SKY OVER DETROIT LAKESSECTION, 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: 2.5 MI0510TITLEDetroit Lakes, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DTLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DTL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 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 Detroit Lakes: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 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 DTLFIG. B THE AIR AT DETROIT LAKESTHE 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 60.0 F, 60.0 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 POINTTITLEDetroit Lakes, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DTL-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 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Detroit Lakes, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 6 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 DTLFIG. C THE WIND AT DETROIT LAKESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDetroit Lakes, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DTL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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