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Stanley, North Dakota

City in Mountrail County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Stanley

Index 1, good, led by nitrogen dioxide. Read at 12 AM from the monitors near it.

1Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-22.9 mi
  • Ozone-25 ppb22.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb22.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.9 mi

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Stanley

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 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 Stanley, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Stanley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Stanley08D

At an airfield/1.3 mi away/2,238 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank278of 311

New Town ND 23 MP 46ND018

Beside a road/24.6 mi away/1,935 ft/288 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Stanley 0.4 NWND-MN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/2,261 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank276of 311

KenmareKNMN8

At a cooperative observer's station/27.6 mi away/1,854 ft/369 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Stanley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.3 mi from Stanley, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Stanley, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 08DFIG. A THE SKY OVER STANLEYSECTION, 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 DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEStanley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 08DTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-08D-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

35.6 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Stanley: temperature 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 08DFIG. B THE AIR AT STANLEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 20.3 FTEMPERATURE 35.6 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLEStanley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 08DTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-08D-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Stanley, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 08DFIG. C THE WIND AT STANLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStanley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 08DTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-08D-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Stanley, 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 Stanley

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

Near Stanley

River and lake gauges