Storm Station
Riverton, Minnesota
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 4 mph SSE
Patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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96%Humidity
95%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Riverton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BrainerdBRD

At an airfield/5.6 mi away/1,220 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank722of 732

Brainerd RAWSBIRM5

A remote fire weather station/5.7 mi away/1,204 ft/18 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank111of 732

T.H.371 - Nisswa - MP 46.2MN170

Beside a road/12.6 mi away/1,201 ft/21 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank491of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Ironton 3.6 SSWMN-CW-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,261 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BrainerdBRAM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/1,178 ft/44 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Brainerd, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Riverton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Brainerd, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRDFIG. A THE SKY OVER BRAINERDSECTION, 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEBrainerd, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BRDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BRD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Brainerd: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRDFIG. B THE AIR AT BRAINERDTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEBrainerd, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BRDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BRD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Brainerd, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, 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 BRDFIG. C THE WIND AT BRAINERDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBrainerd, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BRDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BRD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Brainerd, 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 Riverton

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