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Fort Yates, North Dakota

City in Sioux County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Fort Yates

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Bismarck (ND), 51 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone21Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)2Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Yates

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Yates, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fort Yates, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fort Yates ND-1806ND046

Beside a road/12.7 mi away/1,923 ft/293 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Tatanka PrairieTTKN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.0 mi away/2,339 ft/709 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank60of 312

Linton7L2

At an airfield/20.6 mi away/1,775 ft/145 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank258of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Fort Yates 1.7 WNWND-SX-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,629 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Fort Yates (4 Sw)FTYN8

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/1,677 ft/47 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Linton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.6 mi from Fort Yates, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,000 ft, broken at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Linton, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 7L2FIG. A THE SKY OVER LINTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 3,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 7L2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-7L2-1DRAWN 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 33.8 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Linton: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 7L2FIG. B THE AIR AT LINTONTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLELinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 7L2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-7L2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Linton, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 7L2FIG. C THE WIND AT LINTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 7L2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-7L2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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