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Amidon, North Dakota

City in Slope County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Amidon

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 34 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Amidon

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Amidon, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

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On the radar over Amidon, North DakotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Amidon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Amidon US-85ND051

Beside a road/5.9 mi away/2,782 ft/119 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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BowmanBWW

At an airfield/22.0 mi away/2,935 ft/34 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank186of 312

Medora 7 E94080

At a climate reference station/28.2 mi away/2,771 ft/130 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank204of 312

measured daily2 instruments

BowmanBOWN8

At a cooperative observer's station/21.0 mi away/2,966 ft/65 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank32of 312

Bowman 0.2 WSWND-BW-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.1 mi away/2,974 ft/73 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Bowman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.0 mi from Amidon, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bowman, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWWFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOWMANSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBowman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BWWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BWW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 43 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bowman: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 43 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWWFIG. B THE AIR AT BOWMANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.0 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 21.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 43 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBowman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BWWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BWW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bowman, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWWFIG. C THE WIND AT BOWMANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBowman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BWWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BWW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bowman, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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