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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 9:14 PM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
76°
Humidity
66%
Wind
4 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 65 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 90°
Fort Totten, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    83°60°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    90°65°+7°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    27%
    82°66°-8°
  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
SE
131° · veering 61°
Direction
SE
131°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 5
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 5 · pk 20 @ 10:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2412SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 61° from the se.
Fort Totten, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
960.0
-1.2 mb in 3h · falling · 28.35 inHg
Now
960.0
mb
3h
-1.2
mb
12h
-1.6
mb
24h
+0.8
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 959963
955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW962.5959.2960.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Fort Totten, ND
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
+8 in 6h

AQI 41 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 8 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 6.1 µg/m³ (AQI 34) with a 0.88 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
8μg/m³
OzoneModerate
71μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34 now. With UV 0.1 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 8 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 8

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.1 µg/m³ (AQI 34) with a 0.88 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.88
Wind
calm
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
53.2mi
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
02:14 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
02:14 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: 9°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. Sun90°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°12%
  13. Thu95°66°19%
  14. Fri78°56°10%
  15. Sat83°60°15%
  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.