Temperature
45 F at 10 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Harry Stern Airport
Harry Stern Airport, North Dakota
Small airport in Richland County, North Dakota* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Eastern North Dakota and portions of northwest and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
44°
58°/38°
Light rain·
Feels like 36°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Harry Stern Airport until 6 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 49° after 58° today.
Now. Harry Stern Airport is 44° and light rain at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. 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 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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
100%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
44feels36
25%
18mph
Today
Oct 15
5838
59%
22mph
Fri
Oct 16
4935
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
6332
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6742
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6437
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6840
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
7249
10%
12mph
44°
58°38°
49°35°
63°32°
67°42°
64°37°
68°40°
72°49°
As of 10:00 PM in Harry Stern Airport, North Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Harry Stern Airport
Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley South (MN), 46 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
- Ozone12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 14
- 28TodayOct 15
- 23FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Harry Stern Airport
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Last 3 days
- 0.16in
Visibility
How far you can see at Harry Stern Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BWP
- ICAO
- KBWP
- IATA
- WAH
- Field elevation
- 968 ft
- Serves
- Wahpeton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BWP
- Wind now
- From 320° at 18 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 3,254 ft | 150 ft | Grass | 38° / 218° | 4 mph head, on 03 | 18 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 5,100 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 157° / 337° | 17 mph head, on 33 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wahpeton (BWP), Harry Stern Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 45 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 3 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 45F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 53 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 26 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 36 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 26mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.12 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.12inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 AM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
0.17 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 5 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Wettest hour
- 0.07in
- 5 AM
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wahpeton: 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 Harry Stern 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
WahpetonBWP
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/967 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/12.9 mi away/962 ft/6 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sheyenne National GrasslandsSNGN8
At a river or reservoir gauge/37.1 mi away/1,060 ft/92 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wahpeton 1.0 SSEND-RC-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/965 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LidgerwoodLGRN8
At a cooperative observer's station/29.4 mi away/1,115 ft/147 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 Harry Stern Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Harry Stern Airport
- Hector International AirportFAR, 48 mi
- Gwinner Roger Melroe FieldGWR, 50 mi
- Oakes Municipal Airport2D5, 71 mi
- Barnes County Municipal AirportBAC, 82 mi
- Cooperstown Municipal AirportS32, 108 mi
- Jamestown Regional AirportJMS, 109 mi
- Grand Forks International AirportGFK, 121 mi
- Grand Forks Air Force BaseRDR, 124 mi