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Ayr, North Dakota

City in Cass County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Ayr

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Fargo (ND), 31 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ayr

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ayr, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ayr, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Valley CityBAC

At an airfield/25.7 mi away/1,402 ft/201 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank272of 312

Fargo I-94 RR BridgeND013

Beside a road/36.0 mi away/870 ft/331 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Amenia 3.3 NNWND-CS-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.1 mi away/1,002 ft/199 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Casselton Agronomy FrmCAFN8

On a farm or research station/16.6 mi away/932 ft/269 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Valley City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.7 mi from Ayr, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM 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 Valley City, 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 BACFIG. A THE SKY OVER VALLEY CITYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEValley City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BACTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BAC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

33.8 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Valley City: temperature 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BACFIG. B THE AIR AT VALLEY CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 33.8 F, 33.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEValley City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BACTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BAC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Valley City, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BACFIG. C THE WIND AT VALLEY CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEValley City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BACTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BAC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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