Temperature
39 F at 11 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 35 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 39F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 50F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 35F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Barnes County Municipal Airport
Barnes County Municipal Airport, North Dakota
Small airport in Barnes County, North Dakota39°
50°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 30°·Moderate breeze 18 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees warmer: a high of 63° after 50° today.
Now. Barnes County Municipal Airport is 39° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 37°, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 66°, and the coolest Monday, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
67%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
39feels30
18mph
Today
Oct 16
5034
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
6336
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6545
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6036
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6439
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6545
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6642
overcast
39°
50°34°
63°36°
65°45°
60°36°
64°39°
65°45°
66°42°
As of 11:00 PM in Barnes County Municipal Airport, North Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Barnes County Municipal Airport
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Fargo (ND), 55 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Barnes County Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.12in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Barnes County Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BAC
- ICAO
- KBAC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,402 ft
- Serves
- Valley City
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BAC
- Wind now
- From 200° at 18 mph, read 16 Oct, 23:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 2,525 ft | 120 ft | Grass | 57° / 237° | 14 mph head, on 23 | 11 mph from the left |
| 08 / 26 unlit | 2,520 ft | 120 ft | Grass | 90° / 270° | 6 mph head, on 26 | 17 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 4,201 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 7 mph head, on 13 | 16 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 3,539 ft | 100 ft | Grass | 180° / 0° | 17 mph head, on 17 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Valley City (BAC), Barnes County Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 30 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM to 100% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 30F
- 11 PM
- Humidity now
- 70%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the south southwest at 11 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.33 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.33inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.09inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.14inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 2,000 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,000ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Valley City: 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 Barnes County 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 now2 instruments
Valley CityBAC
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,402 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Jamestown I-94ND045
Beside a road/30.1 mi away/1,490 ft/88 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Valley City 0.9 NND-BR-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,372 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Valley CityBLDN8
At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/1,234 ft/168 ft below 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.
BismarckcityBottineaucityBottineau Winter Parkski areaDevils LakecityDickinsoncityFargocityFrost Fireski areaGraftoncityGrand ForkscityJamestowncityLake SakakaweafeatureMandancityMinotcityRugbycitySheyenne National GrasslandfeatureTheodore Roosevelt National ParkfeatureTurtle MountainfeatureValley CitycityWahpetoncityWatford CitycityWillistoncity
Near Barnes County Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Barnes County Municipal Airport
- Jamestown Regional AirportJMS, 31 mi
- Cooperstown Municipal AirportS32, 34 mi
- Gwinner Roger Melroe FieldGWR, 53 mi
- Oakes Municipal Airport2D5, 53 mi
- Hector International AirportFAR, 57 mi
- Carrington Municipal Airport46D, 64 mi
- Grand Forks Air Force BaseRDR, 76 mi
- Grand Forks International AirportGFK, 80 mi