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Loraine, North Dakota Weather

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

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

Loraine, ND
Saturday, July 4 at 8:13 PM
79
°
Clear
Feels like
84°
Humidity
69%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
12:49 AM
Sunset
4:52 PM
Loraine, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLoraine, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 62 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit with a 22% chance of precipitation at 7 PM.
L 62°H 91°
Loraine, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Heavy Rain
    25%
    0.41″
    80°62°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    25%
    0.02″
    91°62°+11°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    52%
    79°62°-12°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    22%
    0.02″
    65°55°-14°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Partly Cloudy
    19%
    76°51°+11°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Drizzle
    32%
    0.04″
    67°59°-9°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    29%
    75°56°+8°
Loraine, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
111° · veering 17°
Direction
ESE
111°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
17
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 17 @ 6:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2410SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Loraine, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
957.0
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 28.26 inHg
Now
957.0
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-0.4
mb
24h
+0.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 957959
950955960965-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW959.4956.6957.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Loraine, ND
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
+7 in 6h

AQI 43 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 7 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.85 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
7.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
83μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.4

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39 now. With UV 0.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 7 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
0.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 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
Loraine, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
51.8mi
UNLIMITED
55 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
01:13 UTC · Loraine, 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
01:13 UTC · Loraine, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Loraine, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Loraine, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Loraine, ND
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:08 AM
Sunrise
12:49 AM
Daylight
16h 03m
Sunset
4:52 PM
Civil dusk
10:35 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Loraine, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
12:11 AM
Moonset
11:58 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Loraine, ND
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Loraine at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 8 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Loraine

  1. Sat80°62°25%
  2. Sun91°62°25%
  3. Mon79°62°52%
  4. Tue65°55°22%
  5. Wed76°51°19%
  6. Thu67°59°32%
  7. Fri75°56°29%
  8. Sat78°53°13%
  9. Sun92°67°10%
  10. Mon82°62°7%
  11. Tue84°60°8%
  12. Wed96°65°11%
  13. Thu94°65°16%
  14. Fri79°52°10%
  15. Sat81°59°13%
  16. Sun72°52°16%

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 — Loraine

SPC has placed Loraine in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

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 Loraine

  • 58761

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.