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Gladstone, North Dakota

City in Stark County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Gladstone

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 45 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gladstone

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Gladstone, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 12 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Gladstone, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Gladstone ESS I-94ND027

Beside a road/1.2 mi away/2,445 ft/98 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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DickinsonDIK

At an airfield/12.0 mi away/2,589 ft/242 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank33of 312

Medora 7 E94080

At a climate reference station/38.2 mi away/2,771 ft/424 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank204of 312

Medora 7EMRAN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/38.5 mi away/2,654 ft/307 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank68of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Dickinson 0.8 ESEND-SK-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/2,456 ft/109 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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TaylorTLRN8

At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/2,136 ft/211 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dickinson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.0 mi from Gladstone, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:56 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 Dickinson, 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 DIKFIG. A THE SKY OVER DICKINSONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDickinson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DIKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DIK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

26.0 F with a dew point of 25.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dickinson: temperature 26.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DIKFIG. B THE AIR AT DICKINSONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 26.0 F, 25.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEDickinson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DIKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DIK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dickinson, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DIKFIG. C THE WIND AT DICKINSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDickinson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DIKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DIK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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