Storm Station
Howard Lake, Minnesota
59°
Overcast· Feels like 59°·Light air 3 mph SE
Patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. East southeast wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
-UV
-Air quality
93%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Howard Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1MN002

Beside a road/10.7 mi away/1,023 ft/31 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank640of 732

Maple LakeMGG

At an airfield/13.0 mi away/1,027 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 732

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.6 mi away/1,145 ft/91 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank197of 732

Crescent Lake No1S2002

At a soil climate station/25.7 mi away/975 ft/79 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Howard Lake 0.3 WMN-WR-158

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,017 ft/37 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DelanoDELM5

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/928 ft/126 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Maple Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.0 mi from Howard Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Maple Lake, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGGFIG. A THE SKY OVER MAPLE 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 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMaple Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MGG-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 56.3 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Maple Lake: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.3, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGGFIG. B THE AIR AT MAPLE 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 FTTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 56.3 FSPREAD 3.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEMaple Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MGG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Maple Lake, 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 MGGFIG. C THE WIND AT MAPLE LAKEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMaple Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MGG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Howard Lake

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