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Sawyer, North Dakota

City in Ward County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Sawyer

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Beulah (ND), 64 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sawyer

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sawyer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Minot_INTLMOT

At an airfield/15.7 mi away/1,716 ft/179 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 312

Drake US-52ND040

Beside a road/28.9 mi away/1,591 ft/54 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Minot 8.7 SEND-WR-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/1,556 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Velva 3 NEVLAN8

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/1,532 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank6of 312

Station report

The weather at Minot_INTL, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.7 mi from Sawyer, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,100 ft, scattered at 3,000 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Minot_INTL, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MOTFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINOT_INTLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEMinot_INTL, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

40.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Minot_INTL: temperature 40.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 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 MOTFIG. B THE AIR AT MINOT_INTLTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 40.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEMinot_INTL, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MOTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MOT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Minot_INTL, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MOTFIG. C THE WIND AT MINOT_INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMinot_INTL, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MOTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MOT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Minot_INTL, 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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Near Sawyer

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