Benson County, North Dakota, United States

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18°C
Feels like 17°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 25°  /  ▼ 12°
Wind
10 mph W
Humidity
92%
Dew Point
17°
Pressure
28.08 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
55%
Sunrise
6:54 AM
Sunset
8:20 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Benson County is currently partly cloudy at 18°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 57% around 12 AM. Sunrise: 6:54AM · Sunset: 8:20PM.

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54 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
18°
57%
1 AM
17°
17%
2 AM
17°
17%
3 AM
16°
10%
4 AM
15°
11%
5 AM
14°
9%
6 AM
13°
6%
7 AM
13°
3%
8 AM
14°
3%
9 AM
16°
3%
10 AM
17°
3%
11 AM
19°
3%
12 PM
20°
3%
1 PM
21°
3%
2 PM
23°
3%
3 PM
23°
3%
4 PM
23°
3%
5 PM
23°
3%
6 PM
24°
3%
7 PM
23°
3%
8 PM
22°
3%
9 PM
21°
3%
10 PM
19°
3%
11 PM
18°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
25° 12°
Clear with a 57% chance of rain.
Tue
26° 12°
Mostly Cloudy.
Wed
29° 13°
Mostly Clear with a 38% chance of rain.
Thu
31° 16°
Mostly Clear with a 58% chance of rain.
Fri
34° 17°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
33° 19°
Rain, 57% chance.
Sun
26° 17°
Rain, 49% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 18° Partly Cloudy 57% 10 mph W 92%
1 AM 17° Clear 17% 9 mph W 92%
2 AM 17° Clear 17% 10 mph W 92%
3 AM 16° Clear 10% 9 mph WSW 91%
4 AM 15° Clear 11% 9 mph WSW 91%
5 AM 14° Clear 9% 8 mph WSW 91%
6 AM 13° Clear 6% 8 mph WSW 91%
7 AM 13° Clear 3% 9 mph SW 88%
8 AM 14° Clear 3% 12 mph SW 78%
9 AM 16° Clear 3% 14 mph SW 68%
10 AM 17° Clear 3% 16 mph SW 58%
11 AM 19° Clear 3% 18 mph WSW 49%
12 PM 20° Clear 3% 20 mph WSW 40%
1 PM 21° Clear 3% 22 mph WSW 35%
2 PM 23° Clear 3% 23 mph WSW 33%
3 PM 23° Clear 3% 23 mph WSW 31%
4 PM 23° Clear 3% 22 mph WSW 30%
5 PM 23° Clear 3% 20 mph WSW 32%
6 PM 24° Clear 3% 18 mph WSW 33%
7 PM 23° Clear 3% 17 mph WSW 36%
8 PM 22° Clear 3% 15 mph WSW 40%
9 PM 21° Clear 3% 14 mph WSW 43%
10 PM 19° Clear 3% 13 mph WSW 47%
11 PM 18° Clear 3% 12 mph W 52%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/31
Clear
57%
12°
25°
Tue
9/1
Mostly Cloudy
3%
12°
26°
Wed
9/2
Mostly Clear
38%
13°
29°
Thu
9/3
Mostly Clear
58%
16°
31°
Fri
9/4
Partly Cloudy
19%
17°
34°
Sat
9/5
Rain
57%
19°
33°
Sun
9/6
Rain
49%
17°
26°
Mon
9/7
Rain
73%
16°
26°
Tue
9/8
Overcast
54%
17°
28°
Wed
9/9
Drizzle
45%
16°
25°
Thu
9/10
Clear
60%
14°
24°
Fri
9/11
Drizzle
60%
14°
23°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
60%
13°
24°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
13°
22°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
60%
11°
20°
54
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
54 AQI 10.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
41 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 54 Moderate 41 54
Tue 45 Good 43 45
Wed 48 Good 30 48
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 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Mon Aug 31, 04:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE13 J/kg
MUCAPE0 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index1.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear43 kt
0–1 km Shear25 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-136
0–3 km SRH-81
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion261° @ 43 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index20.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.14 in
0–3 km LR4.5 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals43.5
LCL938 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,388 ft