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Oxbow, North Dakota

City in Cass County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Oxbow

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley South (MN), 18 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good18.4 mi
  • Ozone21Good27 ppb18.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb18.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb18.4 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Oxbow

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oxbow, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Fargo I-94 RR BridgeND013

Beside a road/12.5 mi away/870 ft/47 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

FargoFAR

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/899 ft/18 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Horace 9.3 SSEND-CS-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/921 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Fargo 3SFDRN8

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/899 ft/18 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank244of 312

Station report

The weather at Fargo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Oxbow, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 Fargo, 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 FARFIG. A THE SKY OVER FARGOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFargo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FARTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fargo: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FARFIG. B THE AIR AT FARGOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.6 FTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEFargo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FARTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fargo, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, 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 FARFIG. C THE WIND AT FARGOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFargo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FARTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fargo 3S (FDRN8), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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Near Oxbow

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Near Oxbow

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