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Lake Benton, Minnesota

City in Lincoln County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Lake Benton

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Brookings (SD), 26 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Benton

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.29in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Benton, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Lake Benton, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Benton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PipestonePQN

At an airfield/19.1 mi away/1,736 ft/64 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank564of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Pipestone 14.3 NMN-LN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/1,739 ft/61 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PipestonePIPM5

At a cooperative observer's station/17.0 mi away/1,647 ft/153 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank981of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Pipestone, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.1 mi from Lake Benton, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pipestone, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQNFIG. A THE SKY OVER PIPESTONESECTION, 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 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPipestone, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PQNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PQN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.3 F with a dew point of 42.3 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Pipestone: temperature 42.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.3, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQNFIG. B THE AIR AT PIPESTONETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.3 F, 42.3 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 POINTTITLEPipestone, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PQNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PQN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pipestone, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PQNFIG. C THE WIND AT PIPESTONEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPipestone, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PQNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PQN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pipestone (PIPM5), 17.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:26. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Lake Benton

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

Near Lake Benton

River and lake gauges