Storm Station
Buchanan, North Dakota
57° 66°/50°
Clear· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 7 mph NW
Patchy fog. Partly cloudy. Low around 49, with temperatures rising to around 52 overnight. West wind around 7 mph.
0UV Low
16Air quality
89%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
2:45 AM
57feels57
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6650
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
6452
94%
20mph
showers violent
Tue
Sep 29
7657
94%
showers light
Wed
Sep 30
7656
21mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6048
18mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6443
19mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7053
20mph
overcast
57°
66°50°
64°52°
76°57°
76°56°
60°48°
64°43°
70°53°

As of 2:45 AM in Buchanan, North Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buchanan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JamestownJMS

At an airfield/11.5 mi away/1,499 ft/58 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank193of 198

Arrowwood 2AWWN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.2 mi away/1,532 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank8of 198

Jamestown I-94ND045

Beside a road/14.4 mi away/1,490 ft/67 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Jamestown 38 WSW54937

At a climate reference station/36.3 mi away/1,920 ft/363 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Jamestown 0.8 WSWND-SM-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.0 mi away/1,399 ft/158 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

State HospitalJTWN8

At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/1,470 ft/87 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Jamestown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Buchanan. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:13 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 200 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Jamestown, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 200 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JMSFIG. A THE SKY OVER JAMESTOWNSECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 200 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEJamestown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JMSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JMS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Jamestown: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JMSFIG. B THE AIR AT JAMESTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 57.0 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 POINTTITLEJamestown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JMSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JMS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jamestown, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JMSFIG. C THE WIND AT JAMESTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJamestown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JMSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JMS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Jamestown, 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 Buchanan

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