Storm Station
Lake Benton, Minnesota
60°
Overcast· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 4 mph SSE
Widespread fog and patchy drizzle before 10am, then patchy drizzle and patchy fog between 10am and noon, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. East northeast wind 0 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
97%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Benton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PipestonePQN

At an airfield/19.1 mi away/1,736 ft/64 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Pipestone 14.3 NMN-LN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/1,739 ft/61 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PipestonePIPM5

At a cooperative observer's station/17.0 mi away/1,647 ft/153 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pipestone, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.1 mi from Lake Benton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Pipestone, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQNFIG. A THE SKY OVER PIPESTONESECTION, 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 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEPipestone, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PQNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PQN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.3 F with a dew point of 63.3 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Pipestone: temperature 63.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.3, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQNFIG. B THE AIR AT PIPESTONETHE 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 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.3 F, 63.3 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 POINTTITLEPipestone, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PQNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PQN-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 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pipestone, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQNFIG. C THE WIND AT PIPESTONEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPipestone, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PQNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PQN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Pipestone (PIPM5), 17.0 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Lake Benton

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