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Fort Yates, North Dakota Weather

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

Fort Yates, ND
Thursday, June 4 at 10:41 AM
55
°
Clear
Feels like
55°
Humidity
86%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
9:28 PM
Fort Yates, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Yates, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 61°H 79°
Fort Yates, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Light Drizzle
    14%
    0.01″
    79°55°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    12%
    83°58°+4°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Clear
    88°61°+5°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Drizzle
    43%
    97°70°+9°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    48%
    82°58°-15°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Thunderstorm
    23%
    0.07″
    99°67°+17°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    24%
    102°75°+3°
Fort Yates, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
309° · veering 78°
Direction
NW
309°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
3
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 3
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 3 · pk 12 @ 2:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 143SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Yates, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
953.6
+0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 28.16 inHg
Now
953.6
mb
3h
+0.4
mb
12h
-0.7
mb
24h
-5.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 954960
945950955960965-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW959.5953.6954.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Fort Yates, ND
Air quality
35
AQI
Moderate
-4 in 6h

PM2.5 at 14.1 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
14.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
16μg/m³
NO₂Good
13μg/m³
OzoneGood
27μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 14.1 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Yates, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
3%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
26.9mi
UNLIMITED
57 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
10:41 UTC ·Fort Yates, 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
10:41 UTC ·Fort Yates, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fort Yates, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Yates, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Yates, ND
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:17 AM
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Daylight
15h 35m
Sunset
9:28 PM
Civil dusk
3:07 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fort Yates, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
85% illuminated
Moonrise
5:35 AM
Moonset
2:25 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Fort Yates, ND
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Yates at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 23 (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 — Fort Yates

SPC has placed Fort Yates in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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 Fort Yates

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.