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Hankinson, North Dakota

City in Richland County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Hankinson

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley South (MN), 59 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hankinson

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.23 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.23in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hankinson, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hankinson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Wahpeton ND 13 MP 384.5ND017

Beside a road/13.3 mi away/962 ft/107 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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WahpetonBWP

At an airfield/18.5 mi away/967 ft/102 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank212of 311

measured daily2 instruments

Mantador 1.5 ESEND-RC-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/1,018 ft/51 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LidgerwoodLGRN8

At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/1,115 ft/46 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Wahpeton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.5 mi from Hankinson, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 PM 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 Wahpeton, 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 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWahpeton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BWPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BWP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Wahpeton: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.9 FTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BWP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Wahpeton, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, 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 STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWahpeton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BWPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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.

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

Near Hankinson

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