Temperature
39 F at 3 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 39 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 39F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 49F
- 11 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 39F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Jamestown Regional Airport
Jamestown Regional Airport, North Dakota
Medium airport in Stutsman County, North Dakota38°
51°/32°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 28°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees warmer: a high of 67° after 51° today.
Now. Jamestown Regional Airport is 38° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 20 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest Monday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:20 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 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
82%Humidity
45%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
38feels28
20mph
Today
Oct 16
5132
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6734
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6643
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6335
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6637
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6944
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6843
overcast
38°
51°32°
67°34°
66°43°
63°35°
66°37°
69°44°
68°43°
As of 4:00 AM in Jamestown Regional Airport, North Dakota.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jamestown Regional Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.07in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 29%
Visibility
How far you can see at Jamestown Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JMS
- ICAO
- KJMS
- IATA
- JMS
- Field elevation
- 1,500 ft
- Serves
- Jamestown
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- JMS
- Wind now
- From 340° at 21 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,750 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 9 mph head, on 04 | 19 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 6,502 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 19 mph head, on 31 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jamestown (JMS), Jamestown Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 34 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 11 AM Thursday to 96% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 34F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 31 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 51 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 31mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 51mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.56 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.56inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.49inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 4 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 1,100 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,100ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Jamestown: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Jamestown Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
JamestownJMS
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,499 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Jamestown I-94ND045
Beside a road/2.8 mi away/1,490 ft/10 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Arrowwood 2AWWN8
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.9 mi away/1,532 ft/32 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Jamestown 38 WSW54937
At a climate reference station/39.0 mi away/1,920 ft/420 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Jamestown 1.2 END-SM-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,490 ft/10 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
State HospitalJTWN8
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,470 ft/30 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Dakota
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Jamestown Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jamestowncity, 2 mi
- Spiritwoodcommunity, 9 mi
- Spiritwood Lakecity, 11 mi
- Ypsilanticommunity, 11 mi
- Buchanancity, 12 mi
- Montpeliercity, 17 mi
- Pingreecity, 19 mi
- Wimbledoncity, 20 mi
- Lealcity, 21 mi
- Courtenaycity, 21 mi
- Clevelandcity, 21 mi
- Sanborncity, 21 mi
Airports near Jamestown Regional Airport
- Barnes County Municipal AirportBAC, 31 mi
- Carrington Municipal Airport46D, 42 mi
- Cooperstown Municipal AirportS32, 43 mi
- Oakes Municipal Airport2D5, 59 mi
- Gwinner Roger Melroe FieldGWR, 69 mi
- Devils Lake Regional AirportDVL, 83 mi
- Harvey Municipal Airport5H4, 84 mi
- Hector International AirportFAR, 88 mi