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Pick City, North Dakota Weather

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

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

Pick City, ND
Saturday, July 4 at 7:06 AM
60
°
Overcast
Feels like
62°
Humidity
96%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
12:54 AM
Sunset
4:45 PM
Pick City, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPick City, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 60 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 60°H 83°
Pick City, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    83°59°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    17%
    96°63°+13°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Showers
    50%
    0.04″
    85°67°-11°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    60%
    75°61°-10°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    60%
    77°55°+2°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    35%
    83°58°+6°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    35%
    82°55°-1°
Pick City, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
197° · veering 110°
Direction
SSW
197°
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 @ 9:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 128SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Pick City, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
947.2
+0.6 mb in 3h · rising · 27.97 inHg
Now
947.2
mb
3h
+0.6
mb
12h
+0.3
mb
24h
+1.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 946948
940945950955-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW947.9945.5947.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Pick City, ND
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
+5 in 6h

AQI 41 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 12.3 µg/m³ (AQI 57) with a 0.94 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 2.5DRIVERModerate
12.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
10μg/m³
OzoneGood
31μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 12.3 µg/m³ (AQI 57) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Pick City, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
81%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
24.9mi
UNLIMITED
49 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
12:06 UTC · Pick City, 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
12:06 UTC · Pick City, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Pick City, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Pick City, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Pick City, ND
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:15 AM
Sunrise
12:54 AM
Daylight
15h 51m
Sunset
4:45 PM
Civil dusk
10:27 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Pick City, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
11:53 PM
Moonset
10:44 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Pick City, ND
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Pick City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 31 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Pick City

  1. Sat83°59°6%
  2. Sun96°63°17%
  3. Mon85°67°50%
  4. Tue75°61°60%
  5. Wed77°55°60%
  6. Thu83°58°35%
  7. Fri82°55°35%
  8. Sat77°52°18%
  9. Sun87°54°9%
  10. Mon99°70°9%
  11. Tue83°66°15%
  12. Wed87°55°10%
  13. Thu86°64°13%
  14. Fri90°57°13%
  15. Sat96°66°7%
  16. Sun101°72°10%

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 — Pick City

SPC includes Pick City in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Pick City

  • 58545

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.