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Great Bend, North Dakota

City in Richland County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Great Bend

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley South (MN), 53 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Great Bend

0.25 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.25in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Great Bend, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Great Bend, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Wahpeton ND 13 MP 384.5ND017

Beside a road/8.2 mi away/962 ft/13 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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WahpetonBWP

At an airfield/11.2 mi away/967 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank196of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Great Bend 0.1 SND-RC-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/977 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LidgerwoodLGRN8

At a cooperative observer's station/18.4 mi away/1,115 ft/140 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Wahpeton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.2 mi from Great Bend, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Wahpeton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWPFIG. A THE SKY OVER WAHPETONSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLEWahpeton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BWPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BWP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Wahpeton: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWPFIG. B THE AIR AT WAHPETONTHE 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 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 44.6 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 POINTTITLEWahpeton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BWPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BWP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 31 mph, gusting 44 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wahpeton, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 31 miles an hour, gusting 44; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWPFIG. C THE WIND AT WAHPETONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 44 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWahpeton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BWPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BWP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Great Bend

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

Near Great Bend

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