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Steele, North Dakota

City in Kidder County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Steele

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bismarck (ND), 40 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Steele

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Steele, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Steele, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Hazelton US-83ND047

Beside a road/30.2 mi away/1,962 ft/100 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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BismarckBIS

At an airfield/39.5 mi away/1,660 ft/202 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank41of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Dawson 0.1 WSWND-KD-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/1,755 ft/107 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Nd Jamestown 38 WSWJTNN8

At a cooperative observer's station/21.6 mi away/1,916 ft/54 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bismarck, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 39.5 mi from Steele, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,200 ft, overcast at 4,700 ft; the ceiling is 4,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bismarck, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, the ceiling at 4,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BISFIG. A THE SKY OVER BISMARCKSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBismarck, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BISTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BIS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Bismarck: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BISFIG. B THE AIR AT BISMARCKTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEBismarck, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BISTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BIS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 49 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bismarck, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BISFIG. C THE WIND AT BISMARCKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBismarck, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BISTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BIS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bismarck, 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 Steele

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

Near Steele

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