Temperature
45 F at 10 PM; 53 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 6 PM.
- Now
- 45F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 53F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 6 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Hector International Airport
Hector International Airport, North Dakota
Medium airport in Cass 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°
59°/38°
Light rain·
Feels like 34°·Strong breeze 28 mph NNW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Hector International Airport until 6 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 49° after 59° today.
Now. Hector International Airport is 44° and light rain at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northwest at 28 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 28 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 56 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
89%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
44feels34
26%
28mph
Today
Oct 15
5938
62%
28mph
Fri
Oct 16
4935
18%
28mph
Sat
Oct 17
6233
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6743
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6436
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6739
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
7149
13mph
44°
59°38°
49°35°
62°33°
67°43°
64°36°
67°39°
71°49°
As of 11:00 PM in Hector International Airport, North Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Hector International Airport
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Fargo (ND), 2 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good1.9 mi
- Ozone12Good17 ppb1.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0 ppb1.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb1.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hector International Airport
0.06 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
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.06in
Visibility
How far you can see at Hector International Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FAR
- ICAO
- KFAR
- IATA
- FAR
- Field elevation
- 902 ft
- Serves
- Fargo
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- FAR
- Wind now
- From 340° at 29 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 6,302 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 90° / 270° | 10 mph head, on 27 | 27 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 3,801 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 137° / 317° | 27 mph head, on 31 | 11 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 9,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 27 mph head, on 36 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fargo (FAR), Hector International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 2 PM to 93% at 6 PM.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
28 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 44 mph at 10 PM.
- Now
- 28mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 44mph
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.19 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.19inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 8 AM; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 8 AM
- 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 10 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 10 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 9 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 9 PM
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fargo: 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 Hector International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
FargoFAR
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/899 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fargo I-94 RR BridgeND013
Beside a road/5.3 mi away/870 ft/32 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sheyenne National GrasslandsSNGN8
At a river or reservoir gauge/39.4 mi away/1,060 ft/158 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fargo 3.6 NNEND-CS-45
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/895 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fargo 3SFDRN8
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/899 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Fargo 3S (FDRN8), 6.4 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
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 Hector International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Rivercity, 2 mi
- Reile's Acrescity, 3 mi
- Fargocity, 3 mi
- Harwoodcity, 5 mi
- West Fargocity, 6 mi
- Brooktree Parkcommunity, 7 mi
- Prairie Rosecity, 7 mi
- Frontiercity, 8 mi
- Briarwoodcity, 9 mi
- Argusvillecity, 11 mi
- Mapletoncity, 11 mi
- Horacecity, 12 mi
Airports near Hector International Airport
- Harry Stern AirportBWP, 48 mi
- Barnes County Municipal AirportBAC, 57 mi
- Gwinner Roger Melroe FieldGWR, 62 mi
- Cooperstown Municipal AirportS32, 70 mi
- Grand Forks International AirportGFK, 73 mi
- Grand Forks Air Force BaseRDR, 77 mi
- Oakes Municipal Airport2D5, 79 mi
- Jamestown Regional AirportJMS, 88 mi