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Fairmount, North Dakota Weather

Prairie lightning bugs rise. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Fairmount, ND
Thursday, June 4 at 4:01 AM
68
°
Overcast
Feels like
70°
Humidity
88%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
9:11 PM
Fairmount, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFairmount, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 80°
Fairmount, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Light Drizzle
    65%
    0.01″
    86°68°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Light Drizzle
    30%
    0.02″
    80°64°-6°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    24%
    80°59°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    83°61°+3°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Drizzle
    17%
    86°64°+3°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Drizzle
    54%
    79°66°-7°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    25%
    89°64°+10°
Fairmount, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
073° · backing 84°
Direction
ENE
073°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
26
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
avg 12 · pk 26 @ 2:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 165SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 84° from the ene.
Fairmount, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
978.1
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 28.88 inHg
Now
978.1
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-4.0
mb
24h
-6.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 976984
970975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW984.1976.4977.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Fairmount, ND
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
+2 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 36 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 by mid-afternoon.

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
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
77μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.81
Wind
light
Recent rain
1h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Fairmount, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
94%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
31.0mi
UNLIMITED
110 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
04:01 UTC ·Fairmount, 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
04:01 UTC ·Fairmount, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fairmount, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fairmount, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fairmount, ND
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:01 AM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
15h 34m
Sunset
9:11 PM
Civil dusk
2:50 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fairmount, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
5:18 AM
Moonset
2:08 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Fairmount, ND
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fairmount at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 68°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: May 22 (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 — Fairmount

SPC has placed Fairmount in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

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 Fairmount

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.