Valley City, North Dakota Weather
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Valley City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 5Overcast22%—79°60°—
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——89°59°+10°
- SundayJun 7Thunderstorm24%—87°66°-2°
- MondayJun 8Light Showers44%—77°63°-10°
- TuesdayJun 9Thunderstorm33%0.36″91°62°+14°
- WednesdayJun 10Thunderstorm33%0.01″87°65°-4°
- ThursdayJun 11Light Drizzle25%0.04″73°56°-14°
AQI 30 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 13 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). PM2.5 at 5.7 µg/m³ (AQI 32) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 5.7 µg/m³ (AQI 32) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.90
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
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).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 5:53 AM
- Moonset
- 3:21 PM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Prairie lightning bugs rise
Valley City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 28 (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 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 — Valley City
SPC has placed Valley City in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms today.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3NONENo severe risk
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.