Storm Station
Hill City, Minnesota
56°
Light rain· Feels like 56°·Light air 4 mph SSE
Partly sunny. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 69 in the afternoon. West wind around 5 mph.
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96%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hill City, 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

Hill City RAWSHCYM5

A remote fire weather station/2.1 mi away/1,288 ft/29 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank100of 732

Grand RapidsGPZ

At an airfield/15.7 mi away/1,355 ft/38 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Hill City 0.8 NMN-AT-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,345 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sandy LakeSDYM5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/1,227 ft/90 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hill City RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.1 mi from Hill City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:07 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Hill City RAWS: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HCYM5FIG. B THE AIR AT HILL CITY 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 57.0 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 POINTTITLEHill City RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP HCYM5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HCYM5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 11 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hill City RAWS, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 6; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HCYM5FIG. C THE WIND AT HILL CITY RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHill City RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP HCYM5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HCYM5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,288 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.55 inHg and the temperature at 54.4 F; it reports 57.0 F, 2.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Hill City RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,288 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.55 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HCYM5FIG. D WHERE HILL CITY 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 ATMOSPHEREHILL CITY RAWS5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,288 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 HERE28.55 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED57.0 FTITLEHill City RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP HCYM5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HCYM5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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