Storm Station
Max, North Dakota
47° 63°/44°
Clear· Feels like 44°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind around 8 mph.
0UV Low
27Air quality
71%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:30 AM
47feels44
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6344
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
6149
66%
25mph
rain heavy
Tue
Sep 29
7555
21%
14mph
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
7053
22mph
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
5944
17mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6643
21mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6754
22mph
overcast
47°
63°44°
61°49°
75°55°
70°53°
59°44°
66°43°
67°54°

As of 2:30 AM in Max, North Dakota.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Max, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

GarrisonN60

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/1,926 ft/169 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 198

Coleharbor US 83 MP 151.6ND021

Beside a road/19.4 mi away/1,907 ft/188 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

MaxMAXN8

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/2,106 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Max 3.2 ENEND-ML-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/2,143 ft/48 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Garrison, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Max. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:54 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Garrison: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N60FIG. B THE AIR AT GARRISONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.2 FTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEGarrison, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS N60TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-N60-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Garrison, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N60FIG. C THE WIND AT GARRISONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGarrison, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS N60TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-N60-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 1,926 ft above sea level, 7 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.90 inHg and the temperature at 52.1 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.03 inHg means its barometer reads 28.00 inHg; it reports 47.0 F, 5.1 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Garrison stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,926 feet above sea level with 7 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.1 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.03 and the station pressure it means, 28.00.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N60FIG. D WHERE GARRISON STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREGARRISON7 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,926 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.1 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.03 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.00 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED47.0 FTITLEGarrison, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS N60TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-N60-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Garrison, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Max (MAXN8), 0.3 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Max

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