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Fairdale, North Dakota

City in Walsh County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Fairdale

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 55 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairdale

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Fairdale, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fairdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 17.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Edinburg ND-32ND038

Beside a road/17.0 mi away/1,270 ft/350 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Hampden RAWSHMDN8

A remote fire weather station/18.1 mi away/1,555 ft/65 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank87of 312

LangdonD55

At an airfield/19.8 mi away/1,608 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank262of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Langdon 1.4 ESEND-CV-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.3 mi away/1,641 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Langdon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.8 mi from Fairdale, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,400 ft, broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Langdon, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D55FIG. A THE SKY OVER LANGDONSECTION, 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 4,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLELangdon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS D55TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D55-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Langdon: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D55FIG. B THE AIR AT LANGDONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 41.0 F, 41.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLELangdon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS D55TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D55-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Langdon, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D55FIG. C THE WIND AT LANGDONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELangdon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS D55TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-D55-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Experimental Farm (LNGN8), 18.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Fairdale

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Fairdale

River and lake gauges