Storm Station
Stanley, North Dakota
48° 62°/44°
Clear· Feels like 43°·Gentle breeze 12 mph WNW
Partly cloudy. Low around 41, with temperatures rising to around 43 overnight. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
0UV Low
28Air quality
44%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:30 AM
48feels43
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6244
16mph
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
5947
48%
drizzle
Tue
Sep 29
7653
18mph
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
6450
23mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
5842
16mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6643
22mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6352
25mph
overcast
48°
62°44°
59°47°
76°53°
64°50°
58°42°
66°43°
63°52°

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Stanley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Stanley08D

At an airfield/1.3 mi away/2,238 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank152of 198

LostwoodLWDN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.0 mi away/2,313 ft/90 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank30of 198

New Town ND 23 MP 46ND018

Beside a road/24.6 mi away/1,935 ft/288 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Stanley 0.4 NWND-MN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/2,261 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

KenmareKNMN8

At a cooperative observer's station/27.6 mi away/1,854 ft/369 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Stanley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.3 mi from Stanley. 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 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Stanley, 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 08DFIG. A THE SKY OVER STANLEYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEStanley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 08DTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-08D-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Stanley: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 08DFIG. B THE AIR AT STANLEYTHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.4 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEStanley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 08DTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-08D-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Stanley, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 12 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 08DFIG. C THE WIND AT STANLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStanley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 08DTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-08D-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Stanley, 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 Stanley

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