Temperature
45 F at 10 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 45F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 52F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Oakes Municipal Airport
Oakes Municipal Airport, North Dakota
Small airport in Dickey County, North Dakota* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Parts of central North Dakota including the James River Valley. * WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Objects left left unsecured outside may be blown around.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
44°
57°/39°
Overcast·
Feels like 34°·Fresh breeze 24 mph NNW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Oakes Municipal Airport until 4 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 47° after 57° today.
Now. Oakes Municipal Airport is 44° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 24 mph, gusting to 37 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 47°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
66%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
44feels34
17%
24mph
Today
Oct 15
5739
32%
26mph
Fri
Oct 16
4733
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
6132
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
6640
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6135
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6638
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6947
overcast
44°
57°39°
47°33°
61°32°
66°40°
61°35°
66°38°
69°47°
As of 11:00 PM in Oakes Municipal Airport, North Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Oakes Municipal Airport
Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (SD), 52 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oakes Municipal Airport
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
Visibility
How far you can see at Oakes Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 2D5
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,335 ft
- Serves
- Oakes
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 2D5
- Wind now
- From 350° at 24 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 3,505 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | 19 mph head, on 30 | 15 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 2,001 ft | 120 ft | Turf | 180° / 0° | 24 mph head, on 35 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Oakes (2D5), Oakes Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 1 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 85%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 33 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 45 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 33mph
- 12 PM
- Highest gust
- 45mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.26 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.26inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,400 ft at 10 PM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,400ft
- 10 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Oakes: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Oakes Municipal Airport, 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 now2 instruments
Oakes2D5
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,335 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Verona ND-13ND037
Beside a road/13.3 mi away/1,388 ft/53 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Oakes 0.6 NNWND-DC-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/1,334 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
La MoureLMRN8
At a cooperative observer's station/16.6 mi away/1,358 ft/23 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Dakota
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Oakes Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Oakes Municipal Airport
- Gwinner Roger Melroe FieldGWR, 21 mi
- Barnes County Municipal AirportBAC, 53 mi
- Jamestown Regional AirportJMS, 59 mi
- Harry Stern AirportBWP, 71 mi
- Hector International AirportFAR, 79 mi
- Cooperstown Municipal AirportS32, 86 mi
- Carrington Municipal Airport46D, 102 mi
- Linton Municipal Airport7L2, 104 mi