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Scranton, North Dakota

City in Bowman County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Scranton

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 58 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 6, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Scranton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Scranton, the next 40 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Scranton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BowmanBWW

At an airfield/7.6 mi away/2,935 ft/120 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank186of 312

Bowman US-85ND034

Beside a road/13.0 mi away/2,933 ft/118 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

BowmanBOWN8

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/2,966 ft/151 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank32of 312

Bowman 0.2 WSWND-BW-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.6 mi away/2,974 ft/159 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Bowman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Scranton, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bowman, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWWFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOWMANSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBowman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BWWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BWW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

30.2 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Bowman: temperature 30.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWWFIG. B THE AIR AT BOWMANTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 30.2 F, 30.2 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 POINTTITLEBowman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BWWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BWW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Bowman, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 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 BWWFIG. C THE WIND AT BOWMANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBowman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BWWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BWW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bowman, 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 Scranton

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