Storm Station
Fordville, North Dakota
63°
Light rain· Feels like 63°·Gentle breeze 11 mph S
Patchy fog before 5am. Mostly clear. Low around 51, with temperatures rising to around 54 overnight. West wind around 10 mph.
-UV
19Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fordville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Edinburg ND-32ND038

Beside a road/18.2 mi away/1,270 ft/127 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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GraftonGAF

At an airfield/23.2 mi away/823 ft/320 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank152of 198

UniversityGRFN8

On a college campus/38.2 mi away/843 ft/300 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank31of 198

measured daily2 instruments

Lankin 6ELNKN8

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/1,217 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Forest River 0.2 ESEND-WH-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.0 mi away/865 ft/278 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Grafton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.2 mi from Fordville. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Grafton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAFTONSECTION, 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: 6 MI0510TITLEGrafton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GAF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Grafton: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAFTONTHE 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 GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.8 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 POINTTITLEGrafton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GAF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Grafton, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 9 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 GAFFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAFTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrafton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GAF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Grafton, 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 Fordville

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