Storm Station
Watertown, Minnesota
59°
Overcast· Feels like 59°·Light air 4 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 wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
-UV
-Air quality
87%Humidity
91%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Watertown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Mayer TH 7 Mile Post 167MN023

Beside a road/3.9 mi away/961 ft/10 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank491of 732

BuffaloCFE

At an airfield/13.8 mi away/968 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank731of 732

Minneapolis AirportMSP

At an airfield/30.4 mi away/833 ft/118 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank89of 732

Crescent Lake No1S2002

At a soil climate station/32.3 mi away/975 ft/24 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Watertown 0.1 NWMN-CV-80

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/956 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DelanoDLNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/912 ft/39 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Buffalo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Watertown. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:21 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Buffalo, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFEFIG. A THE SKY OVER BUFFALOSECTION, 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 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEBuffalo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CFETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CFE-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 57.2 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Buffalo: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFEFIG. B THE AIR AT BUFFALOTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 57.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEBuffalo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CFE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Buffalo, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFEFIG. C THE WIND AT BUFFALOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBuffalo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CFE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Delano (DLNM5), 6.3 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 Watertown

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