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NORTH DAKOTA · RAMSEY COUNTY

Starkweather

97 people, 1,500 ft above sea level in Ramsey County.

1,500 ftElevation, city center
97People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 41°
Sunny now Dew point -2° · SE 14 mph · high 38°
City of Starkweather River Interstate 2 miles
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The Starkweather plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Starkweather

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 4:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW CANDO (K9D7) · 4:35 PM
Sunny
41° Sunny Feels like 33° · high of 38° near 4 PM
WindSE 14 mphno gusts
Humidity16%rising to 37% by morning
Pressure30.03 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point -2° · Dry23° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday50% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 110.19 in · 3 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Ramsey County
NWS Grand Forks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:46 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:41 AM4:58 PM ↓
9 h 16 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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MONDAY, NOV. 16
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points -7 to 8° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 23° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
38° 30°
0% rain — SSE 16, gusts 25 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
50° 32°
0% rain — S 15, gusts 25 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
53° 33°
0% rain — SSW 8 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
47° 33°
0% rain — ESE 7 C
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
42° 30°
50% rain up to 0.3″ NW 9 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
38° 27°
10% rain — N 6 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
37° 26°
30% rain up to 0.2″ ENE 9 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Starkweather about 5,000 feet above the ground was over British Columbia three days ago, and over the northern Rockies a day ago, about 1,800 miles back along its path. It came down from about 8,900 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the open Pacific; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Starkweather stands on

Starkweather’s center stands about 1,500 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,470 ft to 1,510 ft, a difference of 40 ft: nearly flat ground.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Pierre Formation (shale), from the Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old.

Starkweather, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,500 ft STARKWEATHER1,500 ftLow point1,440 ftHigh point of the line1,580 ft ← SWNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Pierre Formation

Shale. Age: Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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ON THE NETWORK

Around Starkweather on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Grand Forks ND · 90 MI 90 miles southeast Minot ND · 111 MI 111 miles west Fargo ND · 145 MI 145 miles southeast Moorhead MN · 148 MI 148 miles southeast
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NORTH DAKOTA · RAMSEY

Starkweather

97 people, 1,500 ft above sea level in Ramsey County.

1,500 ftElevation
97People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 41°
SunnyDew point -2°
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Today in Starkweather

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 38° 0%
7p mostly clear night 35° 0%
10p mostly clear night 33° 0%
1a mostly clear night 32° 0%
4a clear night 31° 0%
7a mostly clear night 30° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 50%
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Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
30
38
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Sun0%
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Mon0%
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Wed50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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C
Thu10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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B
Fri30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Starkweather stands on

Starkweather’s center stands about 1,500 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,470 ft to 1,510 ft, a difference of 40 ft: nearly flat ground.

Starkweather, southwest to northeast Starkweather1,500 ftHigh point1,580 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,500 ft
Within 3 miles1,470 to 1,510 ft
Lie of the landNearly flat (40 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfacePierre Formation
Its ageLate Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old