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Dawson, North Dakota

City in Kidder County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Dawson

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bismarck (ND), 48 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dawson

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dawson, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Dawson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Medina I-94 MP 231ND005

Beside a road/22.4 mi away/1,979 ft/225 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Dawson 0.1 WSWND-KD-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,755 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Nd Jamestown 38 WSWJTNN8

At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 mi away/1,916 ft/162 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Nd Jamestown 38 WSW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.6 mi from Dawson, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:30 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 1,916 ft above sea level, 7 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.91 inHg and the temperature at 52.2 F; it reports 41.2 F, 11.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Nd Jamestown 38 WSW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,916 feet above sea level with 7 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.91 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JTNN8FIG. D WHERE ND JAMESTOWN 38 WSW STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREND JAMESTOWN 38 WSW7 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,916 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.91 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED41.2 FTITLENd Jamestown 38 WSW, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP JTNN8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JTNN8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 34 degrees above the horizon at 46.77 N, and the day is 10 h 42 min long. Level ground there takes 56 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Nd Jamestown 38 WSW, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 34 degrees above the horizon, against 67 at the June solstice, 43 at the equinoxes and 20 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 42 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JTNN8FIG. E THE SUN AT ND JAMESTOWN 38 WSWELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 67°EQUINOXES 43°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 20°OCT 16, 34°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 42 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 56 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 46.77 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLENd Jamestown 38 WSW, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP JTNN8TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JTNN8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 1,916 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:30 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Nd Jamestown 38 WSW, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 15, 2026, 9:30 pm local time; air temperature, 41.2 f; precipitation gauge, 0.00 in today.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JTNN8FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 15, 2026, 9:30 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 15, 2026, 9:30 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE41.2 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE0.00 IN TODAYSCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLENd Jamestown 38 WSW, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP JTNN8TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JTNN8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Nd Jamestown 38 WSW, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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