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Drayton, North Dakota

City in Pembina County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Drayton

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 15 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Drayton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Drayton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Bowesmont I-29 MP 196ND011

Beside a road/10.2 mi away/793 ft/9 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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GraftonGAF

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/823 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank251of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Grafton 6.8 NND-WH-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.9 mi away/831 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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State HospitalGRAN8

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/830 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Grafton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Drayton, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grafton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAFTONSECTION, 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 DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrafton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GAF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

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.

Chart of the air at Grafton: 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAFTONTHE 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 FTEMPERATURE 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 POINTTITLEGrafton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GAF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grafton, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAFTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrafton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GAF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Drayton

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