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Balfour, North Dakota Weather

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

Balfour, ND
Thursday, June 4 at 4:28 AM
62
°
Clear
Feels like
61°
Humidity
75%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Sunset
9:35 PM
Balfour, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBalfour, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 56°H 75°
Balfour, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    73°62°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    75°56°+2°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    16%
    78°59°+3°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    88°63°+10°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    57%
    95°60°+7°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Showers
    57%
    0.01″
    79°57°-16°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Thunderstorm
    39%
    97°61°+18°
Balfour, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
201° · veering 49°
Direction
SSW
201°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 8
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 8 · pk 19 @ 11:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 176SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 49° from the ssw.
Balfour, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
955.9
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 28.23 inHg
Now
955.9
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
-4.4
mb
24h
-4.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 954960
950955960965-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW960.3954.4954.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Balfour, ND
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
-3 in 6h

AQI 25 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

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

PM 2.5Good
2.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
3μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERGood
52μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0
Balfour, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
42.2mi
UNLIMITED
80 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
04:28 UTC ·Balfour, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
04:28 UTC ·Balfour, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Balfour, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Balfour, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Balfour, ND
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:07 AM
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Daylight
15h 50m
Sunset
9:35 PM
Civil dusk
3:16 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Balfour, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
5:43 AM
Moonset
2:17 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Balfour, ND
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Balfour at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 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 — Balfour

SPC has placed Balfour in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • 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 Balfour

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.