Weather in Mercer, North Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mercer, ND
Sunday, May 17 at 2:48 AM
50
°
Clear
Feels like
41°
Humidity
45%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
6:04 AM
Sunset
9:14 PM
Mercer, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
68°
9p
64°
10p
61°
11p
59°
12a
58°
1a
56°
2a
55°
3a
54°
4a
53°
5a
51°
6a
51°
7a
56°
8a
59°
9a
64°
10a
66°
11a
68°
12p
70°
1p
70°
2p
71°
3p
71°
4p
71°
5p
70°
6p
64°
7p
64°
8p
Mercer, ND
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—61°39°
- SundayMay 17Rain83%47°41°
- MondayMay 18Foggy32%43°37°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast32%50°36°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast10%66°35°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Rain21%57°49°
- FridayMay 22Overcast28%70°44°
Mercer, ND
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Mercer, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
E
092° · veering 167°
Direction
E
092°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
35
avg 12
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Mercer, ND
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 66.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Mercer, ND
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:29 AM
Sunrise
6:04 AM
Daylight
15h 10m
Sunset
9:14 PM
Civil dusk
2:51 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Mercer, ND
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:59 AM
- Moonset
- 2:57 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Mercer, ND
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Mercer at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 31 (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).