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Belfield, North Dakota

City in Stark County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Belfield

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 15 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good15.4 mi
  • Ozone18Good28 ppb15.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb15.4 mi

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 Belfield

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Belfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Fryburg I-94 MP 37ND006

Beside a road/4.5 mi away/2,720 ft/152 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Medora 7 E94080

At a climate reference station/8.2 mi away/2,771 ft/203 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank204of 312

Medora 7EMRAN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.5 mi away/2,654 ft/86 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank68of 312

DickinsonDIK

At an airfield/19.7 mi away/2,589 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank33of 312

measured daily2 instruments

MedoraMDAN8

At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/2,516 ft/52 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank292of 312

Station report

The weather at Dickinson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.7 mi from Belfield, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:56 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 Dickinson, 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 DIKFIG. A THE SKY OVER DICKINSONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDickinson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DIKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DIK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 25.0 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dickinson: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.0, 39 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DIKFIG. B THE AIR AT DICKINSONTHE 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 5,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 20.1 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 25.0 FSPREAD 24.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 39 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 POINTTITLEDickinson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DIKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DIK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dickinson, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, 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 DIKFIG. C THE WIND AT DICKINSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDickinson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DIKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DIK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Medora (MDAN8), 15.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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Near Belfield

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