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New Town, North Dakota Weather

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

New Town, ND
Friday, June 5 at 2:37 AM
69
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
68°
Humidity
61%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:52 AM
Sunset
9:43 PM
New Town, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastNew Town, ND: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 56°H 83°
New Town, ND
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Partly Cloudy
    21%
    75°52°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    17%
    83°56°+8°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Drizzle
    27%
    93°61°+10°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Drizzle
    50%
    93°63°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Drizzle
    50%
    78°54°-15°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Drizzle
    43%
    0.02″
    91°62°+13°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    43%
    79°64°-12°
New Town, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
341° · veering 10°
Direction
NNW
341°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 17 @ 3:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 217SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
New Town, ND
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
943.0
-0.9 mb in 3h · falling · 27.85 inHg
Now
943.0
mb
3h
-0.9
mb
12h
-2.4
mb
24h
-1.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 942945
935940945950-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW944.6942.1942.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
New Town, ND
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
+4 in 6h

AQI 39 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 8.5 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneModerate
64μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~67%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.5 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
New Town, ND
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
42%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
59.3mi
UNLIMITED
95 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
02:37 UTC ·New Town, 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
02:37 UTC ·New Town, ND · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
New Town, ND
Satellite · infrared · animated
New Town, ND
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
New Town, ND
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:14 AM
Sunrise
5:52 AM
Daylight
15h 51m
Sunset
9:43 PM
Civil dusk
3:25 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
New Town, ND
The moon
Waning Gibbous
80% illuminated
Moonrise
6:15 AM
Moonset
3:37 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
New Town, ND
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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New Town at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 69°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: June 3 (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 — New Town

SPC has placed New Town in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3SLGTSlight Risk

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

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 New Town

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.