Storm Station
Lester Prairie, Minnesota
58°
Overcast· Feels like 58°·Light air 3 mph SSE
A chance of rain showers and patchy fog before 7am, then patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers between 7am and 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. East southeast wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
-UV
-Air quality
90%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lester Prairie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GlencoeGYL

At an airfield/9.0 mi away/991 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 732

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/27.1 mi away/1,145 ft/161 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank197of 732

Crescent Lake No1S2002

At a soil climate station/37.3 mi away/975 ft/9 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Lester Prairie 0.4 WMN-MC-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/986 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DelanoDLNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.5 mi away/912 ft/72 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Glencoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.0 mi from Lester Prairie. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Glencoe, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLENCOESECTION, 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 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEGlencoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GYL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.7 F with a dew point of 57.7 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Glencoe: temperature 57.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.7, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. B THE AIR AT GLENCOETHE 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, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.7 F, 57.7 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 POINTTITLEGlencoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GYL-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 Glencoe, 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 GYLFIG. C THE WIND AT GLENCOEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGlencoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GYL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Delano (DLNM5), 16.5 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Lester Prairie

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