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Leeds, North Dakota

City in Benson County, North Dakota

Precipitation

What has fallen at Leeds

0.04 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
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

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

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Leeds, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Leeds ESS US-2ND028

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/1,500 ft/14 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Cando9D7

At an airfield/16.2 mi away/1,480 ft/34 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank216of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Leeds 0.2 SEND-BN-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,516 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cando 1 ECAON8

At a cooperative observer's station/18.3 mi away/1,493 ft/21 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW5459, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 28.0 mi from Leeds, North Dakota. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the northwest (319 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW5459, north up: blowing from 319 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW5459FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW5459PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 319°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW5459, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW5459TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW5459-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,428 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.41 inHg and the temperature at 53.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.61 inHg means its barometer reads 29.06 inHg; it reports 39.0 F, 14.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW5459 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,428 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.41 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.61 and the station pressure it means, 29.06.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW5459FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW5459 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW54595 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,428 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.41 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.61 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.06 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED39.0 FTITLECitizen station DW5459, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW5459TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW5459-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 33 degrees above the horizon at 48.10 N, and the day is 10 h 38 min long. Level ground there takes 54 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW5459, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 33 degrees above the horizon, against 65 at the June solstice, 42 at the equinoxes and 18 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 38 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW5459FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW5459ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 65°EQUINOXES 42°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 18°OCT 16, 33°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 38 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 54 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 48.10 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW5459, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW5459TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW5459-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW5459, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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