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Fullerton, North Dakota

City in Dickey County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Fullerton

Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (SD), 49 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fullerton

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fullerton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Oakes2D5

At an airfield/16.7 mi away/1,335 ft/111 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank198of 312

Verona ND-13ND037

Beside a road/21.7 mi away/1,388 ft/58 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Ellendale 5.5 NND-DC-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/1,485 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

La MoureLMRN8

At a cooperative observer's station/14.8 mi away/1,358 ft/88 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank264of 312

Station report

The weather at Oakes, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.7 mi from Fullerton, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,300 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft.

Section of the sky over Oakes, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2D5FIG. A THE SKY OVER OAKESSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTTITLEOakes, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2D5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2D5-1DRAWN 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 28.4 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Oakes: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2D5FIG. B THE AIR AT OAKESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEOakes, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2D5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2D5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oakes, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2D5FIG. C THE WIND AT OAKESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOakes, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2D5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2D5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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