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Pettibone, North Dakota

City in Kidder County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Pettibone

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bismarck (ND), 62 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pettibone

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 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 Pettibone, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pettibone, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 14.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Medina I-94 MP 231ND005

Beside a road/20.2 mi away/1,979 ft/130 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Carrington46D

At an airfield/28.7 mi away/1,607 ft/242 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank194of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Medina 5.5 WNWND-SM-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.3 mi away/1,836 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Nd Jamestown 38 WSWJTNN8

At a cooperative observer's station/24.2 mi away/1,916 ft/67 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Carrington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.7 mi from Pettibone, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft, broken at 3,100 ft, overcast at 4,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Carrington, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 46DFIG. A THE SKY OVER CARRINGTONSECTION, 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 4,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECarrington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 46DTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-46D-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Carrington: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 46DFIG. B THE AIR AT CARRINGTONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.8 F, 42.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECarrington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 46DTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-46D-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 18 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carrington, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 46DFIG. C THE WIND AT CARRINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarrington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 46DTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-46D-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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