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Horace, North Dakota Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Horace, ND
Saturday, July 4 at 7:02 AM
65
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
68°
Humidity
94%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
12:39 AM
Sunset
4:24 PM
Horace, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastHorace, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a 21% chance of precipitation at 7 PM.
L 64°H 85°
Horace, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    21%
    0.01″
    85°63°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Mostly Clear
    87°64°+2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Showers
    46%
    0.01″
    90°67°+3°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    54%
    0.06″
    82°64°-8°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Showers
    71%
    0.30″
    79°60°-3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    19%
    81°59°+2°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Mostly Clear
    16%
    81°65°
Horace, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
029° · veering 12°
Direction
NNE
029°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 5
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 13 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 195SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Horace, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
981.2
+0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 28.97 inHg
Now
981.2
mb
3h
+0.5
mb
12h
+1.2
mb
24h
+0.8
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 980981
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW981.3980.0981.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Horace, ND
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
+3 in 6h

AQI 45 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 11.0 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 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
11.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
23μg/m³
OzoneGood
23μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.3

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.0 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.85
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Horace, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
20%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
25.5mi
UNLIMITED
71 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
12:02 UTC · Horace, 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
12:02 UTC · Horace, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Horace, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Horace, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Horace, ND
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:01 AM
Sunrise
12:39 AM
Daylight
15h 45m
Sunset
4:24 PM
Civil dusk
10:04 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Horace, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
11:34 PM
Moonset
10:26 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Horace, ND
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Horace at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 65°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: May 27 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 58047

16-Day Forecast — Horace

  1. Sat85°63°21%
  2. Sun87°64°1%
  3. Mon90°67°46%
  4. Tue82°64°54%
  5. Wed79°60°71%
  6. Thu81°59°19%
  7. Fri81°65°16%
  8. Sat72°57°25%
  9. Sun79°54°15%
  10. Mon88°59°15%
  11. Tue94°64°8%
  12. Wed80°57°19%
  13. Thu91°58°20%
  14. Fri86°60°6%
  15. Sat87°63°16%
  16. Sun103°72°26%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, 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 — Horace

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

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • 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 Horace

  • 58047

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.