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Bucyrus, North Dakota

City in Adams County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Bucyrus

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 70 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bucyrus

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bucyrus, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Bucyrus, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

HettingerHEI

At an airfield/7.3 mi away/2,717 ft/66 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank241of 312

Bowman US-85ND034

Beside a road/29.9 mi away/2,933 ft/150 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Exp StationHETN8

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/2,657 ft/126 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank227of 312

Bowman 0.2 WSWND-BW-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/30.5 mi away/2,974 ft/191 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hettinger, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Bucyrus, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hettinger, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEIFIG. A THE SKY OVER HETTINGERSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHettinger, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HEITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HEI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

38.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Hettinger: temperature 38.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEIFIG. B THE AIR AT HETTINGERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 38.0 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEHettinger, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HEITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HEI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 56 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hettinger, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEIFIG. C THE WIND AT HETTINGERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHettinger, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HEITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HEI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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