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Fairdale, North Dakota Weather

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

Fairdale, ND
Thursday, June 4 at 4:32 PM
69
°
Clear
Feels like
70°
Humidity
70%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:33 AM
Sunset
9:29 PM
Fairdale, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFairdale, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 53 to 73 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 53°H 73°
Fairdale, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    73°55°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    10%
    70°53°-3°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    80°57°+10°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Thunderstorm
    47%
    83°64°+3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    62%
    0.02″
    74°60°-9°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Thunderstorm
    39%
    0.18″
    85°58°+11°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    39%
    85°63°
Fairdale, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
269° · veering 26°
Direction
W
269°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 8
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 8 · pk 17 @ 10:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 180SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 26° from the w.
Fairdale, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
953.0
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 28.14 inHg
Now
953.0
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
-0.1
mb
24h
-3.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 953957
945950955960965-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW957.0953.0953.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Fairdale, ND
Air quality
27
AQI
Good
-3 in 6hPeak ~35 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 30 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). With UV 5.5 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 22 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
3.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
63μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 5.5 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 22 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
5.5 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 22
Fairdale, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
1%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
51.8mi
UNLIMITED
84 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
16:32 UTC ·Fairdale, 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
16:32 UTC ·Fairdale, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fairdale, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fairdale, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fairdale, ND
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:54 AM
Sunrise
5:33 AM
Daylight
15h 56m
Sunset
9:29 PM
Civil dusk
3:11 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fairdale, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
5:36 AM
Moonset
2:05 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Fairdale, ND
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fairdale at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 69°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: June 6 (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.

ZIP codes in Fairdale

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.