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Golva, North Dakota

City in Golden Valley County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Golva

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 27 miles off.

27Good
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Golva

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 8 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 Golva, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Golva, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Beach Beach20U

At an airfield/13.2 mi away/2,756 ft/74 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank213of 311

Medora I-94ND036

Beside a road/24.3 mi away/2,293 ft/537 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Medora 7 E94080

At a climate reference station/31.1 mi away/2,771 ft/59 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank209of 311

measured daily2 instruments

Beach 0.3 SSEND-GV-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.2 mi away/2,803 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank176of 311

MedoraMDAN8

At a cooperative observer's station/25.5 mi away/2,516 ft/314 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank292of 311

Station report

The weather at Beach Beach, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Golva, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 35 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Beach Beach: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 35 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 20UFIG. B THE AIR AT BEACH BEACHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.1 FTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 35 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 POINTTITLEBeach Beach, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 20UTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-20U-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Beach Beach, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 16 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 20UFIG. C THE WIND AT BEACH BEACHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBeach Beach, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 20UTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-20U-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 2,756 ft above sea level, 10 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.06 inHg and the temperature at 49.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.04 inHg means its barometer reads 27.17 inHg; it reports 53.6 F, 4.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Beach Beach stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,756 feet above sea level with 10 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.06 inches of mercury, and temperature, 49.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.04 and the station pressure it means, 27.17.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 20UFIG. D WHERE BEACH BEACH STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBEACH BEACH10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,756 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.06 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE49.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.04 inHgITS BAROMETER READS27.17 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.6 FTITLEBeach Beach, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 20UTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-20U-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Beach Beach, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Medora (MDAN8), 25.5 miles from here, read 17 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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Near Golva

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