Storm Station
Kerkhoven, Minnesota
60°
Overcast· Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SSE
Patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 58 overnight. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kerkhoven, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

T.H.9 - Murdock - MP 24.5MN136

Beside a road/9.8 mi away/1,129 ft/25 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank489of 732

Benson MuniBBB

At an airfield/19.0 mi away/1,040 ft/64 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank696of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Pennock 6.7 NMN-KD-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/1,163 ft/59 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BensonBENM5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.9 mi away/1,037 ft/67 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Benson Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.0 mi from Kerkhoven. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Benson Muni, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BBBFIG. A THE SKY OVER BENSON MUNISECTION, 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: 2 MI0510TITLEBenson Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BBBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BBB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Benson Muni: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BBBFIG. B THE AIR AT BENSON MUNITHE 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 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.8 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 POINTTITLEBenson Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BBBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BBB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 14 mph.

Plan of the wind at Benson Muni, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BBBFIG. C THE WIND AT BENSON MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBenson Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BBBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BBB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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