Temperature
42 F at 1 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 42F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 11 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 42F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Grand Forks Air Force Base
Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota
Medium airport in Grand Forks County, North Dakota41°
50°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 30°·Strong breeze 26 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 14 degrees warmer: a high of 64° after 50° today.
Now. Grand Forks Air Force Base is 41° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north at 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 1 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 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
76%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
41feels30
26mph
Today
Oct 16
5034
15%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6434
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6646
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6335
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6636
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6946
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6645
overcast
41°
50°34°
64°34°
66°46°
63°35°
66°36°
69°46°
66°45°
As of 2:00 AM in Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota.
Air quality
The air at Grand Forks Air Force Base
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 33 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Grand Forks Air Force Base
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
Visibility
How far you can see at Grand Forks Air Force Base, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RDR
- ICAO
- KRDR
- IATA
- RDR
- Field elevation
- 913 ft
- Serves
- Grand Forks
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RDR
- Wind now
- From 10° at 26 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 12,350 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 26 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Grand_Forks_AFB (RDR), Grand Forks Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 12 PM Thursday to 88% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 88%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
28 mph from the north at 1 AM; at its strongest 29 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 41 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 28mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 29mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.39 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.16 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.39inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.16inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 3 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 1,000 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,000ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
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 3 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Grand_Forks_AFB: 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 Air Force Base, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/912 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/2.3 mi away/922 ft/9 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
UniversityGRFN8
On a college campus/14.8 mi away/843 ft/70 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Larimore 0.4 SEND-GF-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.9 mi away/1,139 ft/226 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/840 ft/73 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 University (GRFN8), 14.8 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 Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Grand Forks AFBcommunity, 1 mi
- Emeradocity, 3 mi
- Gilbycity, 9 mi
- Larimorecity, 11 mi
- Manvelcity, 13 mi
- Ardochcity, 17 mi
- Grand Forkscity, 17 mi
- Inkstercity, 17 mi
- Northwoodcity, 18 mi
- Forest Rivercity, 18 mi
- Thompsoncity, 19 mi
- Niagaracity, 22 mi
Airports near Grand Forks Air Force Base
- Grand Forks International AirportGFK, 10 mi
- Hutson FieldGAF, 31 mi
- Cooperstown Municipal AirportS32, 50 mi
- Cavalier Municipal Airport2C8, 58 mi
- Devils Lake Regional AirportDVL, 70 mi
- Robertson FieldD55, 71 mi
- Walhalla Municipal Airport96D, 71 mi
- Barnes County Municipal AirportBAC, 76 mi