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Kief, North Dakota

City in McHenry County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Kief

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Beulah (ND), 70 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)2Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kief

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kief, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Kief, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Drake US-52ND040

Beside a road/5.5 mi away/1,591 ft/78 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Harvey5H4

At an airfield/27.4 mi away/1,604 ft/65 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank185of 312

measured daily2 instruments

BalfourBFRN8

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/1,601 ft/68 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Anamoose 8.9 NEND-PR-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.9 mi away/1,545 ft/124 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Harvey, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.4 mi from Kief, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 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 Harvey, 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 5H4FIG. A THE SKY OVER HARVEYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHarvey, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 5H4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5H4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

30.2 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Harvey: temperature 30.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5H4FIG. B THE AIR AT HARVEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 30.2 F, 30.2 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 POINTTITLEHarvey, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5H4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5H4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Harvey, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5H4FIG. C THE WIND AT HARVEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHarvey, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5H4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5H4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Harvey, 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 Kief

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Near Kief

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