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Canton City (Hensel), North Dakota

City in Pembina County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Canton City (Hensel)

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 36 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Canton City (Hensel)

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Canton City (Hensel), the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over Canton City (Hensel), North DakotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Canton City (Hensel), how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Cavalier2C8

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/892 ft/29 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank195of 312

Edinburg ND-32ND038

Beside a road/17.0 mi away/1,270 ft/349 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Cavalier 0.2 ENEND-PM-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/888 ft/33 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CavalierCVLN8

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/889 ft/32 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank11of 312

Station report

The weather at Cavalier, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Canton City (Hensel), North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,400 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Cavalier, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2C8FIG. A THE SKY OVER CAVALIERSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 2,400 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLECavalier, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2C8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2C8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 42.8 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 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Cavalier: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 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 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2C8FIG. B THE AIR AT CAVALIERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 42.8 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 POINTTITLECavalier, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2C8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2C8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cavalier, north up: at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2C8FIG. C THE WIND AT CAVALIERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECavalier, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2C8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2C8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Cavalier (CVLN8), 12.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Canton City (Hensel)

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Near Canton City (Hensel)

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