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Benson County, North Dakota, United States

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27°C
Feels like 30°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
6 mph ESE
Humidity
77%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
28.18 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
38%
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Sunset
9:31 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Benson County is currently partly cloudy at 27°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3024 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:54AM · Sunset: 9:31PM.

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42 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
19%
11 PM
26°
29%
12 AM
25°
23%
1 AM
24°
4%
2 AM
23°
5%
3 AM
22°
3%
4 AM
22°
3%
5 AM
21°
3%
6 AM
19°
6%
7 AM
18°
6%
8 AM
19°
6%
9 AM
19°
3%
10 AM
21°
3%
11 AM
22°
3%
12 PM
23°
3%
1 PM
24°
3%
2 PM
27°
3%
3 PM
27°
3%
4 PM
28°
3%
5 PM
28°
3%
6 PM
28°
3%
7 PM
28°
3%
8 PM
27°
3%
9 PM
26°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 18°
Partly Cloudy.
Fri
30° 18°
Mostly Cloudy.
Sat
33° 18°
Partly Cloudy.
Sun
34° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
Mon
29° 14°
Clear.
Tue
24° 13°
Clear.
Wed
27° 12°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Partly Cloudy 19% 6 mph ESE 77%
11 PM 26° Mostly Clear 29% 6 mph N 81%
12 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 23% 6 mph NNE 83%
1 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 4% 8 mph NNW 86%
2 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 5% 9 mph NNW 88%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 10 mph NNW 90%
4 AM 22° Overcast 3% 10 mph NW 91%
5 AM 21° Overcast 3% 11 mph NNW 91%
6 AM 19° Overcast 6% 10 mph NNW 92%
7 AM 18° Overcast 6% 11 mph NNW 93%
8 AM 19° Overcast 6% 11 mph NNW 89%
9 AM 19° Overcast 3% 11 mph NNW 85%
10 AM 21° Overcast 3% 11 mph NNW 80%
11 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 3% 11 mph NNW 75%
12 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 11 mph N 69%
1 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 11 mph N 63%
2 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 11 mph N 58%
3 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 11 mph N 54%
4 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 11 mph N 50%
5 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph N 50%
6 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph N 50%
7 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph N 51%
8 PM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph N 56%
9 PM 26° Clear 3% 7 mph N 61%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/16
Partly Cloudy
19%
18°
31°
Fri
7/17
Mostly Cloudy
6%
18°
30°
Sat
7/18
Partly Cloudy
14%
18°
33°
Sun
7/19
Mostly Clear
28%
19°
34°
Mon
7/20
Clear
8%
14°
29°
Tue
7/21
Clear
3%
13°
24°
Wed
7/22
Clear
8%
12°
27°
Thu
7/23
Clear
8%
14°
30°
Fri
7/24
Clear
18%
16°
31°
Sat
7/25
Drizzle
44%
17°
38°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
36%
17°
39°
Mon
7/27
Drizzle
60%
16°
39°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
60%
17°
33°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Thu
7/30
Clear
60%
18°
32°
42
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
38 AQI 6.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
42 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 42 Good 42 38
Sat 37 Good 36 37
Sun 41 Good 34 41
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Fri Jul 17, 01:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3111 J/kg
MLCAPE4102 J/kg
MUCAPE4601 J/kg
SBCIN-88 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-7.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear27 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear32 kt
0–1 km SRH-21
0–3 km SRH-40
Eff. SRH-40
Storm Motion231° @ 27 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index47.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.25 in
0–3 km LR6.3 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals56.3
LCL900 hPa
LFC798 hPa
EL162 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,262 ft