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Loma, North Dakota

City in Cavalier County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Loma

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 69 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Loma

0.01 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
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Loma, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Hampden RAWSHMDN8

A remote fire weather station/9.0 mi away/1,555 ft/24 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank87of 312

LangdonD55

At an airfield/9.9 mi away/1,608 ft/29 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank262of 312

Langdon ND-5ND043

Beside a road/18.8 mi away/1,601 ft/22 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Langdon 1.4 ESEND-CV-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.4 mi away/1,641 ft/62 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hampden RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.0 mi from Loma, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:58 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

38.0 F with a dew point of 35.3 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hampden RAWS: temperature 38.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.3, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HMDN8FIG. B THE AIR AT HAMPDEN RAWSTHE 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 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 38.0 F, 35.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEHampden RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP HMDN8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HMDN8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (347 degrees) at 26 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hampden RAWS, north up: blowing from 347 degrees, the north northwest, at 26 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HMDN8FIG. C THE WIND AT HAMPDEN RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 347°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHampden RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP HMDN8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HMDN8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,555 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.28 inHg and the temperature at 53.5 F; it reports 38.0 F, 15.5 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Hampden RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,555 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.28 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HMDN8FIG. D WHERE HAMPDEN RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREHAMPDEN RAWS5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,555 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 HERE28.28 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED38.0 FTITLEHampden RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP HMDN8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HMDN8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Hampden RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Experimental Farm (LNGN8), 11.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Loma

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Near Loma

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