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Stanton, North Dakota Weather

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

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

Stanton, ND
Thursday, June 4 at 4:32 PM
71
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
71°
Humidity
49%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:51 AM
Sunset
9:36 PM
Stanton, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastStanton, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 79 degrees Fahrenheit with a 22% chance of precipitation at 10 PM.
L 58°H 79°
Stanton, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Light Rain
    11%
    0.09″
    79°50°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    22%
    81°58°+2°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    88°62°+7°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Showers
    60%
    0.35″
    95°64°+7°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Showers
    60%
    78°55°-17°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    36%
    94°63°+16°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    36%
    99°66°+5°
Stanton, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
265° · backing 11°
Direction
W
265°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 5
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 5 · pk 14 @ 12:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 3011SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 11° from the w.
Stanton, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
951.7
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 28.10 inHg
Now
951.7
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
+0.3
mb
24h
-4.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 950956
945950955960-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW955.6949.8950.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Stanton, ND
Air quality
22
AQI
Good
-3 in 6hPeak ~37 @ 11 PM

PM2.5 at 6.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
66μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.6

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 31. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 31
UV peak
5.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.88
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Stanton, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
53%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
72.2mi
UNLIMITED
97 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 ·Stanton, 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 ·Stanton, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Stanton, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
Stanton, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Stanton, ND
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:13 AM
Sunrise
5:51 AM
Daylight
15h 45m
Sunset
9:36 PM
Civil dusk
3:17 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Stanton, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
5:43 AM
Moonset
2:23 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Stanton, ND
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Stanton at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 30 (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 — Stanton

SPC has placed Stanton in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Stanton

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.