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Hope, North Dakota

City in Steele County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Hope

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Fargo (ND), 49 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hope

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hope, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hope, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RandsS32

At an airfield/19.4 mi away/1,424 ft/194 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank189of 312

Glenfield ESS ND-200ND030

Beside a road/40.0 mi away/1,483 ft/253 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Hope 6.8 SSEND-CS-66

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/1,182 ft/48 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MayvilleMYVN8

At a cooperative observer's station/21.1 mi away/978 ft/252 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank179of 312

Station report

The weather at Rands, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.4 mi from Hope, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rands, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S32FIG. A THE SKY OVER RANDSSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERands, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS S32TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S32-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Rands: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S32FIG. B THE AIR AT RANDSTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 39.2 F, 39.2 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 POINTTITLERands, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS S32TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S32-2DRAWN 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 24 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rands, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S32FIG. C THE WIND AT RANDSPLAN, 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, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERands, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS S32TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S32-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rands, 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 Hope

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

Near Hope

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