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Selfridge, North Dakota

City in Sioux County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Selfridge

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Bismarck (ND), 55 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Selfridge

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Selfridge, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Selfridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Tatanka PrairieTTKN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.3 mi away/2,339 ft/145 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank60of 312

Fort Yates ND-1806ND046

Beside a road/20.8 mi away/1,923 ft/271 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Linton7L2

At an airfield/34.7 mi away/1,775 ft/419 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank258of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Selfridge 0.2 ENEND-SX-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,211 ft/17 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Fort Yates (4 Sw)FTYN8

At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/1,677 ft/517 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Tatanka Prairie, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.3 mi from Selfridge, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:25 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

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.

Chart of the air at Tatanka Prairie: 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TTKN8FIG. B THE AIR AT TATANKA PRAIRIETHE 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 36.4 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 40.0 F, 37.0 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 POINTTITLETatanka Prairie, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP TTKN8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TTKN8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 27 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Tatanka Prairie, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 27; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TTKN8FIG. C THE WIND AT TATANKA PRAIRIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 27 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETatanka Prairie, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP TTKN8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TTKN8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,339 ft above sea level, 8 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.48 inHg and the temperature at 50.7 F; it reports 40.0 F, 10.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Tatanka Prairie stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,339 feet above sea level with 8 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.48 inches of mercury, and temperature, 50.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TTKN8FIG. D WHERE TATANKA PRAIRIE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERETATANKA PRAIRIE8 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,339 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.48 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE50.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED40.0 FTITLETatanka Prairie, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP TTKN8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TTKN8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Tatanka Prairie, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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