Temperature
44 F at 12 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 44F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 10 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Grand Forks International Airport
Grand Forks International Airport, North Dakota
Medium airport in Grand Forks 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.
43°
49°/34°
Overcast·
Feels like 34°·Strong breeze 25 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Grand Forks International Airport until 6 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 13 degrees warmer: a high of 62° after 49° today.
Now. Grand Forks International Airport is 43° and overcast at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north at 25 mph, gusting to 41 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 3 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 Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:08 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 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
79%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
43feels34
25mph
Today
Oct 16
4934
17%
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
6233
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6545
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6234
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6537
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6846
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6545
10%
43°
49°34°
62°33°
65°45°
62°34°
65°37°
68°46°
65°45°
As of 12:00 AM in Grand Forks International Airport, North Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Grand Forks International Airport
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 30 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
- Ozone15Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 14
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Grand Forks International Airport
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
Visibility
How far you can see at Grand Forks International Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GFK
- ICAO
- KGFK
- IATA
- GFK
- Field elevation
- 845 ft
- Serves
- Grand Forks
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GFK
- Wind now
- From 350° at 25 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09L / 27R unlit | 6,701 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 90° / 270° | 4 mph head, on 27R | 25 mph from the right |
| 09R / 27L | 3,300 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 90° / 270° | 4 mph head, on 27L | 25 mph from the right |
| 17L / 35R | 3,901 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 25 mph head, on 35R | 4 mph from the left |
| 17R / 35L | 7,351 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 25 mph head, on 35L | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Grand_Forks (GFK), Grand Forks International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 1 PM Thursday to 93% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
29 mph from the north northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 29 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 41 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 29mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 29mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.31 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.31inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.16inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 7 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 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
- 0.00in
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Grand_Forks: 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 Grand Forks International 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
Grand_ForksGFK
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/843 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
UniversityGRFN8
On a college campus/4.4 mi away/843 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/4.8 mi away/916 ft/71 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/840 ft/5 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Grand Forks 1.0 NWND-GF-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/832 ft/13 ft below 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), 4.4 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 Grand Forks International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Grand Forkscity, 7 mi
- Manvelcity, 8 mi
- Emeradocity, 9 mi
- Grand Forks AFBcommunity, 9 mi
- Thompsoncity, 12 mi
- Gilbycity, 16 mi
- Ardochcity, 19 mi
- Reynoldscity, 20 mi
- Larimorecity, 21 mi
- Forest Rivercity, 23 mi
- Northwoodcity, 24 mi
- Buxtoncity, 24 mi
Airports near Grand Forks International Airport
- Grand Forks Air Force BaseRDR, 10 mi
- Hutson FieldGAF, 33 mi
- Cooperstown Municipal AirportS32, 57 mi
- Cavalier Municipal Airport2C8, 61 mi
- Hector International AirportFAR, 73 mi
- Walhalla Municipal Airport96D, 76 mi
- Robertson FieldD55, 79 mi
- Barnes County Municipal AirportBAC, 80 mi