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Northwood, North Dakota

City in Grand Forks County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Northwood

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 51 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Northwood

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Northwood, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Northwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Emerado US 2 MP 340.4ND010

Beside a road/15.2 mi away/922 ft/194 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

UniversityGRFN8

On a college campus/26.5 mi away/843 ft/273 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank285of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Northwood 0.1 SSWND-GF-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/1,117 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MayvilleMYVN8

At a cooperative observer's station/19.2 mi away/978 ft/138 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank179of 312

Station report

The weather at Grand_Forks_AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.6 mi from Northwood, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:40 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,100 ft, broken at 3,900 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grand_Forks_AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDRFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAND_FORKS_AFBSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrand_Forks_AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RDRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Grand_Forks_AFB: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDRFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND_FORKS_AFBTHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEGrand_Forks_AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 28 mph, gusting 39 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grand_Forks_AFB, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 28 miles an hour, gusting 39; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDRFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND_FORKS_AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 39 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand_Forks_AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at University (GRFN8), 26.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

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Near Northwood

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