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Barton, North Dakota

Community in Pierce County, North Dakota

Precipitation

What has fallen at Barton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Barton, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Barton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RugbyRUG

At an airfield/10.5 mi away/1,545 ft/34 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank273of 312

Rugby US 2 MP 207ND009

Beside a road/11.1 mi away/1,510 ft/1 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Willow CityWLWN8

At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/1,467 ft/44 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Rugby 0.2 WNWND-PR-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.6 mi away/1,543 ft/32 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Rugby, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.5 mi from Barton, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rugby, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUGFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUGBYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERugby, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RUGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RUG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Rugby: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUGFIG. B THE AIR AT RUGBYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 39.2 F, 37.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLERugby, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RUGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RUG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rugby, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUGFIG. C THE WIND AT RUGBYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERugby, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RUGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RUG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Elsewhere in North Dakota

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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