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Lakota, North Dakota

City in Nelson County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Lakota

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 64 miles off.

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

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lakota

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lakota, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lakota, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Michigan US-2ND044

Beside a road/1.6 mi away/1,509 ft/12 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Devils_LakeDVL

At an airfield/26.5 mi away/1,453 ft/68 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Petersburg 2 NPBGN8

At a cooperative observer's station/15.5 mi away/1,529 ft/8 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Devils Lake 2.0 SND-RM-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.0 mi away/1,451 ft/70 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Devils_Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.5 mi from Lakota, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,500 ft, scattered at 4,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Devils_Lake, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER DEVILS_LAKESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDevils_Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

37.0 F with a dew point of 34.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Devils_Lake: temperature 37.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVLFIG. B THE AIR AT DEVILS_LAKETHE 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 F50 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 37.0 FDEW POINT 34.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEDevils_Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVL-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 21 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Devils_Lake, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVLFIG. C THE WIND AT DEVILS_LAKEPLAN, 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, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDevils_Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Devils_Lake, 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 Lakota

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

Near Lakota

River and lake gauges