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Mountain, North Dakota Weather

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

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

Mountain, ND
Saturday, July 4 at 7:06 PM
81
°
Clear
Feels like
84°
Humidity
50%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
12:35 AM
Sunset
4:36 PM
Mountain, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMountain, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 86°
Mountain, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Partly Cloudy
    82°59°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    86°65°+4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    30%
    81°64°-5°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    34%
    72°57°-9°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    34%
    75°55°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    73°58°-2°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    29%
    75°59°+2°
Mountain, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NE
051° · veering 26°
Direction
NE
051°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
15
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 15 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2013SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 26° from the ne.
Mountain, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
977.6
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 28.87 inHg
Now
977.6
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
+0.8
mb
24h
+0.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 976979
970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW978.8976.4977.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mountain, ND
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
+1 in 6h

AQI 44 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.0 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.86 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 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
8.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
94μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 44 now. With UV 0.6 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 around 1 PM.

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

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.0 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.86 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

Visibility
80.7mi
UNLIMITED
84 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
00:06 UTC · Mountain, 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
00:06 UTC · Mountain, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mountain, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mountain, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mountain, ND
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:54 AM
Sunrise
12:35 AM
Daylight
16h 01m
Sunset
4:36 PM
Civil dusk
10:19 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Mountain, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:56 PM
Moonset
11:42 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Mountain, ND
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mountain at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 18°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 58262

16-Day Forecast — Mountain

  1. Sat82°59°5%
  2. Sun86°65°5%
  3. Mon83°67°30%
  4. Tue71°58°34%
  5. Wed75°54°34%
  6. Thu74°58°29%
  7. Fri73°58°29%
  8. Sat76°55°15%
  9. Sun78°57°9%
  10. Mon83°60°9%
  11. Tue87°65°9%
  12. Wed87°66°17%
  13. Thu78°64°16%
  14. Fri64°59°16%
  15. Sat78°57°19%
  16. Sun85°64°13%

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 — Mountain

SPC has placed Mountain 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 Mountain

  • 58262

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.