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Spiritwood, North Dakota Weather

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

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

Spiritwood, ND
Saturday, July 4 at 6:10 PM
84
°
Clear
Feels like
88°
Humidity
48%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
12:45 AM
Sunset
4:31 PM
Spiritwood, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSpiritwood, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 87°
Spiritwood, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    84°62°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Partly Cloudy
    87°63°+3°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    47%
    91°66°+4°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    78%
    0.03″
    74°62°-17°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    78%
    75°54°+1°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    26%
    0.06″
    69°57°-6°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    0.01″
    68°58°-1°
Spiritwood, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
124° · backing 156°
Direction
SE
124°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 4
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 4 · pk 16 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 159SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 156° from the se.
Spiritwood, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
963.8
-0.6 mb in 3h · falling · 28.46 inHg
Now
963.8
mb
3h
-0.6
mb
12h
+2.0
mb
24h
+2.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 961964
955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW964.4961.3963.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Spiritwood, ND
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
+10 in 6h

AQI 38 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 45 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
96μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 45 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 45
UV peak
1.4 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 45

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.2 µg/m³ (AQI 29) with a 0.80 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.80
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Spiritwood, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
85.6mi
UNLIMITED
87 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
23:10 UTC · Spiritwood, 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
23:10 UTC · Spiritwood, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Spiritwood, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Spiritwood, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Spiritwood, ND
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:07 AM
Sunrise
12:45 AM
Daylight
15h 46m
Sunset
4:31 PM
Civil dusk
10:11 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Spiritwood, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
11:41 PM
Moonset
10:32 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Spiritwood, ND
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Spiritwood at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 28 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 58481

16-Day Forecast — Spiritwood

  1. Sat84°62°9%
  2. Sun87°63°1%
  3. Mon91°66°47%
  4. Tue74°62°78%
  5. Wed75°54°78%
  6. Thu69°57°26%
  7. Fri68°58°26%
  8. Sat77°53°14%
  9. Sun80°56°8%
  10. Mon85°59°9%
  11. Tue91°64°10%
  12. Wed92°70°10%
  13. Thu84°66°19%
  14. Fri76°62°23%
  15. Sat77°57°15%
  16. Sun86°58°16%

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 — Spiritwood

SPC has placed Spiritwood 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 Spiritwood

  • 58481

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.