Tower City, North Dakota Weather
Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Tower City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——88°63°—
- MondayJul 6Overcast20%—90°65°+2°
- TuesdayJul 7Light Rain66%0.11″76°62°-14°
- WednesdayJul 8Heavy Drizzle66%0.02″77°59°+1°
- ThursdayJul 9Overcast——82°58°+5°
- FridayJul 10Overcast19%—86°64°+4°
- SaturdayJul 11Light Drizzle11%—95°68°+9°
AQI 37 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 60 — 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 60 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 60
- UV peak
- 6.9 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 60
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 9.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.73
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:54 PM
- Moonset
- 11:42 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the afternoon
Tower City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 23°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: 58071
16-Day Forecast — Tower City
- Sun89°63°1%
- Mon90°65°20%
- Tue76°62°66%
- Wed77°59°66%
- Thu82°58°6%
- Fri86°64°19%
- Sat95°68°11%
- Sun83°65°14%
- Mon83°56°8%
- Tue84°60°9%
- Wed91°62°17%
- Thu94°69°13%
- Fri100°71°19%
- Sat105°73°16%
- Sun83°63°19%
- Mon107°67°15%
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 — Tower City
SPC has placed Tower City in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- 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 Tower City
- 58071