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Pekin, North Dakota

City in Nelson County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Pekin

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 72 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pekin

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

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pekin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Michigan US-2ND044

Beside a road/16.7 mi away/1,509 ft/40 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

RandsS32

At an airfield/27.6 mi away/1,424 ft/45 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank189of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Binford 6.3 NND-GG-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/1,489 ft/20 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mc Henry 3 WMCHN8

At a cooperative observer's station/20.7 mi away/1,552 ft/83 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank304of 312

Station report

The weather at Rands, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.6 mi from Pekin, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rands, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S32FIG. A THE SKY OVER RANDSSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERands, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS S32TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S32-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rands: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S32FIG. B THE AIR AT RANDSTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.8 F, 41.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLERands, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS S32TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S32-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 28 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rands, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 28 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S32FIG. C THE WIND AT RANDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERands, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS S32TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S32-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Pekin

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