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Cogswell, North Dakota

City in Sargent County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Cogswell

Index 5, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (SD), 56 miles off.

5Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cogswell

None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cogswell, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cogswell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

GwinnerGWR

At an airfield/10.2 mi away/1,263 ft/39 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank201of 312

Verona ND-13ND037

Beside a road/22.8 mi away/1,388 ft/86 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

FormanFRMN8

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/1,237 ft/65 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Oakes 0.4 SWND-DC-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/1,316 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Gwinner, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.2 mi from Cogswell, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Gwinner, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GWRFIG. A THE SKY OVER GWINNERSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGwinner, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GWRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GWR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 37 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gwinner: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 37 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GWRFIG. B THE AIR AT GWINNERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.4 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 25.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 37 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 POINTTITLEGwinner, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GWRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GWR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Gwinner, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 8 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 GWRFIG. C THE WIND AT GWINNERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGwinner, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GWRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GWR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Cogswell

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Near Cogswell

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