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Beach, North Dakota

City in Golden Valley County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Beach

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 23 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good23.1 mi
  • Ozone25Good27 ppb23.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb23.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Beach Beach20U

At an airfield/1.3 mi away/2,756 ft/31 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank200of 312

Medora I-94ND036

Beside a road/21.0 mi away/2,293 ft/494 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Medora 7EMRAN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/29.6 mi away/2,654 ft/133 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank68of 312

Medora 7 E94080

At a climate reference station/30.0 mi away/2,771 ft/16 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank204of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Beach 0.3 SSEND-GV-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/2,803 ft/16 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank175of 312

MedoraMDAN8

At a cooperative observer's station/23.0 mi away/2,516 ft/271 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank292of 312

Station report

The weather at Beach Beach, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.3 mi from Beach, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Beach Beach: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 20UFIG. B THE AIR AT BEACH BEACHTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 32.0 F, 30.2 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 POINTTITLEBeach Beach, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 20UTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-20U-1DRAWN 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 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 53 mph.

Plan of the wind at Beach Beach, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north 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 20UFIG. C THE WIND AT BEACH BEACHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBeach Beach, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 20UTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-20U-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 2,756 ft above sea level, 10 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.06 inHg and the temperature at 49.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.68 inHg means its barometer reads 27.75 inHg; it reports 32.0 F, 17.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Beach Beach stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,756 feet above sea level with 10 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.06 inches of mercury, and temperature, 49.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.68 and the station pressure it means, 27.75.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 20UFIG. D WHERE BEACH BEACH STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBEACH BEACH10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,756 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.06 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE49.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.68 inHgITS BAROMETER READS27.75 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED32.0 FTITLEBeach Beach, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 20UTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-20U-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Beach Beach, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Medora (MDAN8), 23.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Beach

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Beach

River and lake gauges