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Thompson, North Dakota

City in Grand Forks County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Thompson

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 41 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Thompson

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Thompson, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Thompson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

UniversityGRFN8

On a college campus/10.9 mi away/843 ft/24 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank285of 312

Grand_ForksGFK

At an airfield/12.4 mi away/843 ft/24 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank34of 312

Grand Forks I-29 MP 145ND019

Beside a road/14.4 mi away/916 ft/49 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Thompson 1.3 WSWND-GF-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/876 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Grand_Forks, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.4 mi from Thompson, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 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 Grand_Forks, 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 GFKFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAND_FORKSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGrand_Forks, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GFKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GFK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

40.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grand_Forks: temperature 40.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GFKFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND_FORKSTHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.9 FTEMPERATURE 40.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEGrand_Forks, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GFKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GFK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grand_Forks, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GFKFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND_FORKSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand_Forks, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GFKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GFK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Grand Forks Univ (NWS) (GRFN8), 10.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Thompson

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

Near Thompson

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