Storm Station
Oakes, North Dakota
65° 68°/56°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 65°·Light breeze 4 mph WSW
Patchy fog. Mostly cloudy. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 59 overnight. West wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
24Air quality
94%Humidity
65%Cloud
Now
2:45 AM
65feels65
now, partly cloudy
Today
Sep 27
6856
10%
14mph
drizzle
Mon
Sep 28
7152
57%
19mph
showers light
Tue
Sep 29
7563
83%
15mph
drizzle dense
Wed
Sep 30
8160
17mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6350
20mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6745
18mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7154
21mph
overcast
65°
68°56°
71°52°
75°63°
81°60°
63°50°
67°45°
71°54°

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Oakes, 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

Oakes2D5

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/1,335 ft/20 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank152of 198

Verona ND-13ND037

Beside a road/15.7 mi away/1,388 ft/73 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Oakes 0.3 WND-DC-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,312 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

La MoureLMRN8

At a cooperative observer's station/18.3 mi away/1,358 ft/43 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oakes, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Oakes. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft.

Section of the sky over Oakes, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2D5FIG. A THE SKY OVER OAKESSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTTITLEOakes, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2D5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-2D5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Oakes: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2D5FIG. B THE AIR AT OAKESTHE 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 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 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 POINTTITLEOakes, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2D5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-2D5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Oakes, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 5 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 2D5FIG. C THE WIND AT OAKESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOakes, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2D5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-2D5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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Near Oakes

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