Temperature
44 F at 10 PM; 51 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 44F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 51F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 40F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Hutson Field
Hutson Field, North Dakota
Small airport in Walsh 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.
42°
57°/39°
Overcast·
Feels like 32°·Strong breeze 28 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Hutson Field until 6 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 49° after 57° today.
Now. Hutson Field is 42° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 32°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north at 28 mph, gusting to 44 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° 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 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
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 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
93%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
42feels32
28mph
Today
Oct 15
5739
57%
26mph
Fri
Oct 16
4934
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6336
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6447
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6236
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6437
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6646
overcast
42°
57°39°
49°34°
63°36°
64°47°
62°36°
64°37°
66°46°
As of 11:00 PM in Hutson Field, North Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Hutson Field
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 16 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- 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 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hutson Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Hutson Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GAF
- ICAO
- KGAF
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 824 ft
- Serves
- Grafton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GAF
- Wind now
- From 350° at 29 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 4,074 ft | 115 ft | Grass | 90° / 270° | 5 mph head, on 26 | 29 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 3,898 ft | 74 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 29 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Grafton (GAF), Hutson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 3 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 91%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
28 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 41 mph at 10 PM.
- Now
- 28mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.30 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.15 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.30inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.15inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.15inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 9 PM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 9 PM
- 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 1,100 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,100ft
- 7 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
Grafton: 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 Hutson Field, 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
GraftonGAF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/823 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/22.6 mi away/793 ft/31 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
UniversityGRFN8
On a college campus/35.2 mi away/843 ft/19 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
State HospitalGRAN8
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/830 ft/6 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Grafton 6.8 NND-WH-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/831 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at University (GRFN8), 35.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. 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 Hutson Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Graftoncity, 2 mi
- Mintocity, 8 mi
- Auburncommunity, 8 mi
- Nashcommunity, 8 mi
- Forest Rivercity, 14 mi
- Ardochcity, 14 mi
- Draytoncity, 14 mi
- Hooplecity, 15 mi
- St. Thomascity, 15 mi
- Pisekcity, 17 mi
- Park Rivercity, 17 mi
- Conwaycity, 18 mi
Airports near Hutson Field
- Cavalier Municipal Airport2C8, 29 mi
- Grand Forks Air Force BaseRDR, 31 mi
- Grand Forks International AirportGFK, 33 mi
- Walhalla Municipal Airport96D, 44 mi
- Robertson FieldD55, 53 mi
- Devils Lake Regional AirportDVL, 74 mi
- Cooperstown Municipal AirportS32, 76 mi
- Cando Municipal Airport9D7, 86 mi