Temperature
40 F at 10 PM; 45 F at its warmest, 3 AM, and 38 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 40F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 45F
- 3 AM
- Lowest
- 38F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Dakota/Williston Basin International Airport
Williston Basin International Airport, North Dakota
Medium airport in Williams County, North Dakota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 expected. * WHERE...Northwest North Dakota. * WHEN...From 1 AM CDT /midnight MDT/ to 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.
Take steps now to protect sensitive outdoor plants from the cold.
39°
47°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 30°·Fresh breeze 19 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Williston Basin International Airport until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Williston Basin International Airport is 39° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 26° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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
67%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
39feels30
19mph
Today
Oct 15
4736
19%
35mph
Fri
Oct 16
5025
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6838
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5646
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
5936
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6241
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
5843
overcast
39°
47°36°
50°25°
68°38°
56°46°
59°36°
62°41°
58°43°
As of 11:00 PM in Williston Basin International Airport, North Dakota.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Williston Basin International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Williston Basin International Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- XWA
- ICAO
- KXWA
- IATA
- XWA
- Field elevation
- 2,344 ft
- Serves
- Williston
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- XWA
- Wind now
- From 350° at 21 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 7,503 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 148° / 328° | 19 mph head, on 32 | 8 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Williston Basin (XWA), Williston Basin International 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 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 4 AM to 85% at 1 PM.
- Dew point now
- 30F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 67%
- Humidity, range
- 65 to 85%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 35 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 48 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 35mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 48mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.65 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.59 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.65inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.59inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 1 PM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,300ft
- 1 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
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
- 12 PM
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Williston Basin: 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 Williston Basin 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/2,332 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Little Muddy River 10NE AT WillistonLMCN8
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/1,880 ft/464 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ray US 2 MP 51.3ND024
Beside a road/25.2 mi away/2,365 ft/21 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Williston 3.0 NND-WM-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/1,997 ft/347 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Experiment FarmWEFN8
On a farm or research station/8.5 mi away/2,103 ft/241 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 Williston Basin International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Willistoncity, 10 mi
- Blacktailcommunity, 12 mi
- Springbrookcity, 13 mi
- Trentoncommunity, 14 mi
- Eppingcity, 18 mi
- Long Creekcommunity, 25 mi
- Alamocity, 26 mi
- Grenoracity, 26 mi
- Raycity, 28 mi
- Alexandercity, 29 mi
- East Fairviewcommunity, 31 mi
- Arnegardcity, 34 mi
Airports near Williston Basin International Airport
- Watford City Municipal AirportS25, 40 mi
- Tioga Municipal AirportD60, 40 mi
- Crosby Municipal AirportD50, 51 mi
- Stanley Municipal Airport08D, 62 mi
- Weydahl Field9Y1, 75 mi
- Beach Airport20U, 93 mi
- Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional AirportDIK, 110 mi
- Minot Air Force BaseMIB, 110 mi