Temperature
34 F at 3 AM; 45 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 34 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 34F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 45F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 34F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Rugby Municipal Airport
Rugby Municipal Airport, North Dakota
Small airport in Pierce 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.
34°
51°/29°
Clear·
Feels like 25°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Rugby Municipal Airport until 8 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees warmer: a high of 67° after 51° today.
Now. Rugby Municipal Airport is 34° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 25°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 7 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 67°, and the coolest Sunday, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:18 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 49 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
86%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
34feels25
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5129
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
6736
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6048
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6134
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6438
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6443
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6441
10%
34°
51°29°
67°36°
60°48°
61°34°
64°38°
64°43°
64°41°
As of 3:00 AM in Rugby Municipal Airport, North Dakota.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rugby Municipal Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
Visibility
How far you can see at Rugby Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RUG
- ICAO
- KRUG
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,548 ft
- Serves
- Rugby
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RUG
- Wind now
- From 330° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 3,600 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 128° / 308° | 13 mph head, on 30 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rugby (RUG), Rugby Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 30 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 9 AM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 30F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 75 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 28 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 39 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 3 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.62 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.15 inHg over 3 hours; 0.60 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.62inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.15inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.60inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 1 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 1,700 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,700ft
- 1 PM Thursday
- 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
Rugby: 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 Rugby Municipal 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
RugbyRUG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,545 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rugby US 2 MP 207ND009
Beside a road/3.1 mi away/1,510 ft/38 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Belcourt - Turtle Mountain RAWSTMTN8
A remote fire weather station/30.2 mi away/1,828 ft/280 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rugby 0.2 WNWND-PR-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,543 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RugbyRBYN8
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,549 ft/1 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 Rugby Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Rugby Municipal Airport
- Bottineau Municipal AirportD09, 35 mi
- Cando Municipal Airport9D7, 37 mi
- Rolla Municipal Airport06D, 39 mi
- Harvey Municipal Airport5H4, 42 mi
- Devils Lake Regional AirportDVL, 55 mi
- Minot International AirportMOT, 58 mi
- Minot Air Force BaseMIB, 61 mi
- Carrington Municipal Airport46D, 76 mi