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Fort Totten, North Dakota Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Totten weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Totten, ND
Saturday, July 4 at 7:33 PM
76
°
Clear
Feels like
78°
Humidity
57%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
12:42 AM
Sunset
4:37 PM
Fort Totten, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Totten, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 66 to 89 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 66°H 89°
Fort Totten, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    83°60°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    89°66°+6°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    27%
    0.02″
    82°66°-7°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    53%
    0.04″
    72°56°-10°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    53%
    76°55°+4°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Drizzle
    37%
    0.05″
    71°57°-5°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    72°57°+1°
Fort Totten, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
171° · veering 104°
Direction
S
171°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 6
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 20 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2115SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Totten, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
961.0
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 28.38 inHg
Now
961.0
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
+1.0
mb
24h
+0.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 959963
955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW962.5959.2961.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Fort Totten, ND
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
+5 in 6h

AQI 38 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 44 now. With UV 0.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 around 1 PM.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
6.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
93μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 44 now. With UV 0.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 44
UV peak
0.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.3 µg/m³ (AQI 35) with a 0.86 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.86
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Totten, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
49.3mi
UNLIMITED
77 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
00:33 UTC · Fort Totten, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
00:33 UTC · Fort Totten, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Totten, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Totten, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Totten, ND
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:03 AM
Sunrise
12:42 AM
Daylight
15h 55m
Sunset
4:37 PM
Civil dusk
10:19 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Totten, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
12:00 AM
Moonset
11:47 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Totten, ND
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Totten at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 58335

16-Day Forecast — Fort Totten

  1. Sat83°60°7%
  2. Sun89°65°7%
  3. Mon82°66°27%
  4. Tue72°56°53%
  5. Wed76°55°53%
  6. Thu71°57°37%
  7. Fri72°57°37%
  8. Sat76°54°16%
  9. Sun90°62°9%
  10. Mon80°63°10%
  11. Tue82°59°11%
  12. Wed87°62°14%
  13. Thu95°66°13%
  14. Fri78°56°13%
  15. Sat83°60°19%
  16. Sun72°54°19%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Fort Totten

SPC has placed Fort Totten in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Fort Totten

  • 58335

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.