Temperature
36 F at 2 AM; 45 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 36 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 36F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 45F
- 11 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 36F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Cando Municipal Airport
Cando Municipal Airport, North Dakota
Small airport in Towner County, North Dakota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30. * WHERE...Benson, Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner, and Western Walsh Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
33°
46°/29°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 23°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Cando Municipal Airport until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 18 degrees warmer: a high of 64° after 46° today.
Now. Cando Municipal Airport is 33° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 12°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 45° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 64°, and the coolest Monday, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Monday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:14 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 49 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
41%Humidity
61%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
33feels23
16mph
Today
Oct 16
4629
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
6435
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5946
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
5832
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6136
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6343
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6141
10%
33°
46°29°
64°35°
59°46°
58°32°
61°36°
63°43°
61°41°
As of 3:00 AM in Cando Municipal Airport, North Dakota.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cando Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Cando Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 9D7
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,481 ft
- Serves
- Cando
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 9D7
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 3,500 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cando (9D7), Cando Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 12 F, the air 37% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 11 AM Thursday to 72% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 12F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 37%
- Humidity, range
- 21 to 72%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 26 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 38 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 26mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.59 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.15 inHg over 3 hours; 0.56 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.59inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.15inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.56inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 900 ft at 6 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
Cando: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Cando Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Cando9D7
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,480 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Leeds ESS US-2ND028
Beside a road/14.1 mi away/1,500 ft/19 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Hampden RAWSHMDN8
A remote fire weather station/28.2 mi away/1,555 ft/74 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cando 1 ECAON8
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,493 ft/12 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Leeds 0.2 SEND-BN-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.2 mi away/1,516 ft/35 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Cando Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Cando Municipal Airport
- Devils Lake Regional AirportDVL, 29 mi
- Rolla Municipal Airport06D, 33 mi
- Rugby Municipal AirportRUG, 37 mi
- Robertson FieldD55, 43 mi
- Harvey Municipal Airport5H4, 57 mi
- Bottineau Municipal AirportD09, 59 mi
- Walhalla Municipal Airport96D, 69 mi
- Carrington Municipal Airport46D, 71 mi