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Bottineau, North Dakota Weather

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

Bottineau, ND
Thursday, June 4 at 8:04 PM
70
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
69°
Humidity
54%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Sunset
9:39 PM
Bottineau, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBottineau, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 71 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 56°H 71°
Bottineau, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    72°52°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    76°56°+4°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    85°58°+9°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Thunderstorm
    68%
    0.02″
    91°64°+6°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Drizzle
    68%
    0.02″
    79°57°-12°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Showers
    43%
    0.11″
    83°65°+4°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Showers
    43%
    0.22″
    78°65°-5°
Bottineau, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
317° · veering 78°
Direction
NW
317°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 7
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 7 · pk 18 @ 8:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 146SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 78° from the nw.
Bottineau, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
954.1
-1.3 mb in 3h · falling · 28.17 inHg
Now
954.1
mb
3h
-1.3
mb
12h
-0.8
mb
24h
-2.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 952955
945950955960-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW954.8951.9951.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Bottineau, ND
Air quality
26
AQI
Good
+3 in 6hPeak ~32 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 35 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
74μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 35 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 35
UV peak
3.1 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 35

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.96
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Bottineau, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
31%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
67.7mi
UNLIMITED
83 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
20:04 UTC ·Bottineau, 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
20:04 UTC ·Bottineau, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Bottineau, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bottineau, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bottineau, ND
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:01 AM
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Daylight
15h 59m
Sunset
9:39 PM
Civil dusk
3:21 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Bottineau, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
5:46 AM
Moonset
2:12 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Bottineau, ND
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bottineau at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 8 (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 — Bottineau

SPC has placed Bottineau in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Bottineau

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.