Storm Station
Starkweather, North Dakota
60°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SSW
Patchy fog before 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. West wind around 9 mph.
-UV
18Air quality
93%Humidity
61%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Starkweather, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hampden RAWSHMDN8

A remote fire weather station/12.8 mi away/1,555 ft/53 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank29of 198

Cando9D7

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/1,480 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank167of 198

Leeds ESS US-2ND028

Beside a road/22.3 mi away/1,500 ft/2 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Cando 1 ECAON8

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/1,493 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Devils Lake 5.6 NWND-RM-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.5 mi away/1,488 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Cando, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Starkweather. 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 Cando, 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 9D7FIG. A THE SKY OVER CANDOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECando, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 9D7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-9D7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cando: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9D7FIG. B THE AIR AT CANDOTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.0 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLECando, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9D7TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-9D7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cando, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, 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 9D7FIG. C THE WIND AT CANDOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECando, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9D7TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-9D7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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