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Minnewaukan, North Dakota

City in Benson County, North Dakota

Precipitation

What has fallen at Minnewaukan

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Minnewaukan, the next 41 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Minnewaukan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Leeds ESS US-2ND028

Beside a road/14.5 mi away/1,500 ft/39 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Devils_LakeDVL

At an airfield/16.0 mi away/1,453 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Fort Totten 3.8 NWND-BN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/1,497 ft/36 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cando 1 ECAON8

At a cooperative observer's station/29.2 mi away/1,493 ft/32 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Devils_Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Minnewaukan, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:25 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,100 ft, scattered at 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Devils_Lake, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 3,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 3,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 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

37.4 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Devils_Lake: temperature 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 37.4 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 20 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 20 miles an hour; 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, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR 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

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