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Weather in Tower City, North Dakota

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Tower City, ND
Sunday, May 17 at 1:35 AM
56
°
Clear
Feels like
48°
Humidity
35%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
9:00 PM
Tower City, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
78°
8p
73°
9p
68°
10p
65°
11p
61°
12a
58°
1a
57°
2a
55°
3a
55°
4a
53°
5a
52°
6a
54°
7a
60°
8a
65°
9a
69°
10a
73°
11a
75°
12p
77°
1p
77°
2p
78°
3p
77°
4p
78°
5p
78°
6p
76°
7p
L 52°H 78°
Tower City, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Mostly Clear
    61°46°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Light Rain
    74%
    59°41°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Light Rain
    72%
    47°40°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    72%
    47°38°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    64°37°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Drizzle
    24%
    58°48°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    24%
    71°52°
Tower City, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
059° · veering 158°
Direction
ENE
059°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 11
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 11 · pk 29 @ 9:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 158° from the ene.
Tower City, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
971.5
-0.1 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 28.69 inHg
Now
971.5
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-0.5
mb
24h
+7.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 964972
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Tower City, ND
Air quality
35
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
0.3 μg/m³
PM 10
0.3 μg/m³
NO₂
0.9 μg/m³
Ozone
69.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.1 Low
Tower City, ND
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:19 AM
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Daylight
15h 07m
Sunset
9:00 PM
Civil dusk
2:37 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Tower City, ND
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:50 AM
Moonset
2:41 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Tower City, ND
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows

plant
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Tower City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 28 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
  • Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.

Right now in the garden

Cool-season window is open

As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).

ZIP codes in Tower City

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.