Temperature
38 F at 2 AM; 46 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 38 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 38F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 46F
- 4 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 38F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Minot International Airport
Minot International Airport, North Dakota
Medium airport in Ward County, North Dakota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27. * WHERE...Western and much of central North Dakota. * WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect sensitive outdoor plants from the cold.
38°
49°/28°
Overcast·
Feels like 29°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Minot International Airport until 8 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 19 degrees warmer: a high of 68° after 49° today.
Now. Minot International Airport is 38° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 29°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° 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 tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Sunday, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Monday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:24 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 50 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
82%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
38feels29
15mph
Today
Oct 16
4928
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
6838
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5848
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
5934
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6338
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6243
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6241
11%
38°
49°28°
68°38°
58°48°
59°34°
63°38°
62°43°
62°41°
As of 3:00 AM in Minot International Airport, North Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Minot International Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Beulah (ND), 70 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Minot International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Minot International Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 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
- MOT
- ICAO
- KMOT
- IATA
- MOT
- Field elevation
- 1,716 ft
- Serves
- Minot
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MOT
- Wind now
- From 320° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 6,348 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 10 mph head, on 26 | 12 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 7,700 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 138° / 318° | 16 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Minot_INTL (MOT), Minot International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 33 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 8 AM Thursday to 91% at 8 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 33F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 91%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 31 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 47 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 31mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 47mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.64 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.59 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.64inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.59inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 8 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 1,300 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,300ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Minot_INTL: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Minot International 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 now2 instruments
Minot_INTLMOT
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,716 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
J. Clark SalyerJCSN8
At a river or reservoir gauge/35.3 mi away/1,434 ft/282 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Minot 1.8 NND-WR-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/1,729 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Experiment StationMNON8
On a farm or research station/5.3 mi away/1,765 ft/49 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 Minot International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Minot International Airport
- Minot Air Force BaseMIB, 11 mi
- Stanley Municipal Airport08D, 52 mi
- Bottineau Municipal AirportD09, 56 mi
- Rugby Municipal AirportRUG, 58 mi
- Mercer County Regional AirportHZE, 68 mi
- Harvey Municipal Airport5H4, 70 mi
- Tioga Municipal AirportD60, 75 mi
- Rolla Municipal Airport06D, 87 mi