Storm Station
Tappen, North Dakota
53° 69°/47°
Clear· Feels like 53°·Light breeze 6 mph SW
Patchy fog before 5am. Partly cloudy. Low around 48, with temperatures rising to around 51 overnight. West wind around 6 mph.
0UV Low
16Air quality
83%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:45 AM
53feels53
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6947
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
6453
92%
17mph
showers violent
Tue
Sep 29
7557
92%
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
7554
22mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6147
16mph
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
6643
18mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7356
18mph
overcast
53°
69°47°
64°53°
75°57°
75°54°
61°47°
66°43°
73°56°

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Tappen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Nd Jamestown 38 WSWJTNN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/1,916 ft/145 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank13of 198

Jamestown 38 WSW54937

At a climate reference station/10.6 mi away/1,920 ft/149 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

Medina I-94 MP 231ND005

Beside a road/16.8 mi away/1,979 ft/208 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Tappen 0.7 WNWND-KD-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,765 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Nd Jamestown 38 WSWJTNN8

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/1,916 ft/145 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Nd Jamestown 38 WSW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 10.4 mi from Tappen. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:30 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 1,916 ft above sea level, 7 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.91 inHg and the temperature at 52.2 F; it reports 57.8 F, 5.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Nd Jamestown 38 WSW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,916 feet above sea level with 7 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.91 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JTNN8FIG. D WHERE ND JAMESTOWN 38 WSW 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 ATMOSPHEREND JAMESTOWN 38 WSW7 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,916 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 HERE27.91 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED57.8 FTITLENd Jamestown 38 WSW, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP JTNN8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JTNN8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Sep 27 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 46.77 N, and the day is 11 h 44 min long. Level ground there takes 66 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Nd Jamestown 38 WSW, angles true: on Sep 27 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 67 at the June solstice, 43 at the equinoxes and 20 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 44 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JTNN8FIG. E THE SUN AT ND JAMESTOWN 38 WSWELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 67°EQUINOXES 43°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 20°SEP 27, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 44 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 66 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 46.77 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -1.9°TITLENd Jamestown 38 WSW, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP JTNN8TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JTNN8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 1,916 ft above sea level. Its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:30 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Nd Jamestown 38 WSW, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard sep 27, 2026, 1:30 am local time; air temperature, 57.8 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JTNN8FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, SEP 27, 2026, 1:30 AM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD SEP 27, 2026, 1:30 AM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE57.8 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLENd Jamestown 38 WSW, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP JTNN8TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JTNN8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Nd Jamestown 38 WSW, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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