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Sibley, North Dakota

City in Barnes County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Sibley

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Fargo (ND), 56 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sibley

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sibley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RandsS32

At an airfield/15.5 mi away/1,424 ft/153 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank189of 312

Glenfield ESS ND-200ND030

Beside a road/31.9 mi away/1,483 ft/212 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Hope 6.8 SSEND-CS-66

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.1 mi away/1,182 ft/89 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Valley CityBLDN8

At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/1,234 ft/37 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank288of 312

Station report

The weather at Rands, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Sibley, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rands, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S32FIG. A THE SKY OVER RANDSSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERands, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS S32TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S32-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

35.6 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Rands: temperature 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S32FIG. B THE AIR AT RANDSTHE 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 F50 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 35.6 F, 35.6 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 POINTTITLERands, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS S32TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S32-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rands, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S32FIG. C THE WIND AT RANDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERands, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS S32TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S32-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Dakota

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Sibley

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Sibley

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