Storm Station
Madison Lake, Minnesota
59°
Overcast· Feels like 59°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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-Air quality
84%Humidity
88%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Madison Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MankatoMKT

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/1,020 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank722of 732

Kasota - Prairie SNAKSOM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.3 mi away/808 ft/239 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank397of 732

Mankato US-169 Mile Post 52MN073

Beside a road/11.4 mi away/797 ft/250 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank486of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Madison Lake 2.5 WNWMN-BU-62

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,032 ft/15 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

St PeterSPEM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/932 ft/115 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mankato, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Madison Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 300 ft, overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Mankato, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKTFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANKATOSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEMankato, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MKT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 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 Mankato: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 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 MKTFIG. B THE AIR AT MANKATOTHE 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 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 59.0 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 POINTTITLEMankato, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MKT-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 Mankato, 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 MKTFIG. C THE WIND AT MANKATOPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMankato, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MKT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mankato, 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 Madison Lake

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