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Makoti, North Dakota

City in Ward County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Makoti

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Beulah (ND), 46 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good11.1 mi
  • Ozone18Good21 ppb11.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good11.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0 ppb11.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb11.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Makoti

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Makoti, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Echo (ryder)1EN

At an airfield/16.0 mi away/2,100 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank260of 312

New Town ND 23 MP 46ND018

Beside a road/35.5 mi away/1,935 ft/147 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Makoti 0.1 ENEND-WR-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/2,084 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MaxMAXN8

At a cooperative observer's station/25.7 mi away/2,106 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank240of 312

Station report

The weather at Echo (ryder), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Makoti, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,600 ft, broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Echo (ryder), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1ENFIG. A THE SKY OVER ECHO (RYDER)SECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEcho (ryder), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1ENTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1EN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.7 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Echo (ryder): temperature 39.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1ENFIG. B THE AIR AT ECHO (RYDER)THE 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 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 39.7 F, 37.0 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 POINTTITLEEcho (ryder), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1ENTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1EN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Echo (ryder), north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1ENFIG. C THE WIND AT ECHO (RYDER)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEcho (ryder), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1ENTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1EN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Echo (ryder), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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