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Sentinel Butte, North Dakota

City in Golden Valley County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Sentinel Butte

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 16 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)1Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 6, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sentinel Butte

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Sentinel Butte, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sentinel Butte, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Beach Beach20U

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/2,756 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank200of 312

Medora I-94ND036

Beside a road/13.3 mi away/2,293 ft/426 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Medora 7EMRAN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/21.9 mi away/2,654 ft/65 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank68of 312

Medora 7 E94080

At a climate reference station/22.2 mi away/2,771 ft/52 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank204of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Sentinel Butte 6.3 NEND-GV-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/2,634 ft/85 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MedoraMDAN8

At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/2,516 ft/203 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank292of 312

Station report

The weather at Medora 7E, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 21.9 mi from Sentinel Butte, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:10 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 2,654 ft above sea level, 9 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.16 inHg and the temperature at 49.5 F; it reports 36.5 F, 13.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Medora 7E stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,654 feet above sea level with 9 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.16 inches of mercury, and temperature, 49.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRAN8FIG. D WHERE MEDORA 7E 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 ATMOSPHEREMEDORA 7E9 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,654 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 HERE27.16 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE49.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED36.5 FTITLEMedora 7E, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP MRAN8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRAN8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 34 degrees above the horizon at 46.89 N, and the day is 10 h 41 min long. Level ground there takes 56 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Medora 7E, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 34 degrees above the horizon, against 67 at the June solstice, 43 at the equinoxes and 20 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 41 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRAN8FIG. E THE SUN AT MEDORA 7EELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 67°EQUINOXES 43°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 20°OCT 16, 34°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 41 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 56 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 46.89 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEMedora 7E, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP MRAN8TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRAN8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 2,654 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:10 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Medora 7E, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 16, 2026, 1:10 am local time; air temperature, 36.5 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRAN8FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 1:10 AM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 16, 2026, 1:10 AM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE36.5 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEMedora 7E, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP MRAN8TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRAN8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Medora 7E, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Medora (MDAN8), 15.2 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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