Storm Station
Minnesota Lake, Minnesota
59°
Light rain· Feels like 59°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSE
Patchy fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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87%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Minnesota Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

T.H.30 - Mapleton - MP 146.8MN152

Beside a road/5.7 mi away/1,030 ft/18 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank489of 732

Waseca (AWOS)ACQ

At an airfield/21.2 mi away/1,125 ft/77 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank454of 732

Mankato - Minneopa SPMEOM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.6 mi away/924 ft/124 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank275of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Minnesota Lake 0.9 NNWMN-BU-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,059 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WellsWELM5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/1,132 ft/84 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Waseca (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.2 mi from Minnesota Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Waseca (AWOS), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACQFIG. A THE SKY OVER WASECA (AWOS)SECTION, 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 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEWaseca (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ACQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Waseca (AWOS): temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACQFIG. B THE AIR AT WASECA (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 53.6 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEWaseca (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ACQ-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 Waseca (AWOS), 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 ACQFIG. C THE WIND AT WASECA (AWOS)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWaseca (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ACQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Waseca (AWOS), 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 Minnesota Lake

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