Storm Station
Medford, Minnesota
58°
Overcast· Feels like 58°·Light air 4 mph SE
A chance of rain showers and patchy fog before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
84%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Medford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OwatonnaOWA

At an airfield/3.5 mi away/1,148 ft/45 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 732

I-35 - Medford - MP 52.1MN141

Beside a road/4.5 mi away/1,119 ft/16 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank487of 732

Morristown - Cannon RiverMRTM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.8 mi away/1,005 ft/98 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank70of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Medford 0.6 NNEMN-SE-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,100 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OwatonnaOWAM5

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/1,138 ft/35 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Owatonna, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from Medford. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Owatonna, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWAFIG. A THE SKY OVER OWATONNASECTION, 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: 3 MI0510TITLEOwatonna, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OWATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OWA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.5 F with a dew point of 56.5 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Owatonna: temperature 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.5, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWAFIG. B THE AIR AT OWATONNATHE 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 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.5 F, 56.5 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 POINTTITLEOwatonna, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OWA-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 Owatonna, 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 OWAFIG. C THE WIND AT OWATONNAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOwatonna, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OWA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Owatonna, 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 Medford

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