Parks/North Dakota/Fort Buford State Historic Site

Fort Buford State Historic Site, North Dakota

State Historic Site in McKenzie County, North Dakota

57° 58°/26°

Clear· Feels like 57°·Moderate breeze 15 mph SSW

Coming up. Tomorrow is 15 degrees warmer: a high of 73° after 58° today.

Now. Fort Buford State Historic Site is 57° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph.

Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 5 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 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Monday morning, a low of 36°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:37 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 51 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

24%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

6:00 PM

57feels57

15mph

Today

Oct 16

5826

19mph

Sat

Oct 17

7339

15mph

Sun

Oct 18

6043

13mph

Mon

Oct 19

6436

17mph

Tue

Oct 20

6741

Wed

Oct 21

6241

Thu

Oct 22

6843

57°

58°26°

73°39°

60°43°

64°36°

67°41°

62°41°

68°43°

As of 6:00 PM in Fort Buford State Historic Site, North Dakota.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Buford State Historic Site

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Fort Buford State Historic Site, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

Park

Designation: State Historic Site
Area: 1,690,000 sq ft
Height at its point: 1,899 ft
County: McKenzie County
State: North Dakota
Latitude: 47.9858° N
Longitude: 103.9988° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fort Buford State Historic Site, 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

Citizen station EW6205EW6205

In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.8 mi away/1,879 ft/20 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Williston BasinXWA

At an airfield/22.1 mi away/2,332 ft/433 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Arnegard US-85ND048

Beside a road/26.6 mi away/2,303 ft/404 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Little Muddy River 10NE AT WillistonLMCN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/28.6 mi away/1,880 ft/19 ft below here