Storm Station
Hoffman, Minnesota
60°
Overcast· Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSE
A chance of rain showers and patchy fog before 4am, then patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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24Air quality
96%Humidity
97%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hoffman, 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

I-94 - Evansville - MP 82.8MN133

Beside a road/11.9 mi away/1,365 ft/112 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank497of 732

Elbow LakeY63

At an airfield/14.4 mi away/1,204 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 732

Morris 2EMRIM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.2 mi away/1,140 ft/113 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank277of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Hoffman 0.1 WMN-GR-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,258 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Morris Wc Exp StaMRRM5

At a cooperative observer's station/17.1 mi away/1,135 ft/118 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Elbow Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.4 mi from Hoffman. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Elbow Lake, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y63FIG. A THE SKY OVER ELBOW LAKESECTION, 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLEElbow Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y63TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-Y63-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 59.5 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Elbow Lake: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.5, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y63FIG. B THE AIR AT ELBOW LAKETHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.0 F, 59.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEElbow Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y63TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-Y63-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Elbow Lake, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, 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 Y63FIG. C THE WIND AT ELBOW LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElbow Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y63TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-Y63-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Hoffman

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