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Minto, North Dakota

City in Walsh County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Minto

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 17 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Minto

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Minto, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GraftonGAF

At an airfield/7.7 mi away/823 ft/3 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank251of 312

Emerado US 2 MP 340.4ND010

Beside a road/25.0 mi away/922 ft/102 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

UniversityGRFN8

On a college campus/28.3 mi away/843 ft/23 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank285of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Forest River 0.2 ESEND-WH-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/865 ft/45 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

State HospitalGRAN8

At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/830 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Grafton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.7 mi from Minto, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grafton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAFTONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrafton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GAF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grafton: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAFTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.1 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEGrafton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GAF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grafton, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAFTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrafton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GAF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Grafton, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at University (GRFN8), 28.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 13:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Minto

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

Near Minto

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