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Carson, North Dakota

City in Grant County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Carson

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bismarck (ND), 47 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Carson

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Carson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

New Leipzig ND-21ND039

Beside a road/21.3 mi away/2,339 ft/36 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Glen UllinD57

At an airfield/30.4 mi away/2,077 ft/226 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank222of 312

Mandan #1S2020

At a soil climate station/39.0 mi away/1,930 ft/373 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank91of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Carson 1.2 WND-GT-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/2,268 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ElginEGNN8

At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/2,398 ft/95 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Glen Ullin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.4 mi from Carson, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,400 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Glen Ullin, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D57FIG. A THE SKY OVER GLEN ULLINSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGlen Ullin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS D57TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D57-1DRAWN 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 35.6 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Glen Ullin: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D57FIG. B THE AIR AT GLEN ULLINTHE 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 F50 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEGlen Ullin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS D57TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D57-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 22 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 54 mph.

Plan of the wind at Glen Ullin, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 22 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D57FIG. C THE WIND AT GLEN ULLINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlen Ullin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS D57TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D57-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Glen Ullin, 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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