Grand Forks, ND 58202 Weather

Grand Forks County8:02 PM CDT47.92°N, 97.07°W

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
68°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 68°
High 75° Friday·Low 55° tonight
WindSSE 13 mph
Humidity53%
Dew point50°
Pressure30.01 inHg
Visibility7.0 mi
Cloud cover41%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:58 AM
Sunset6:28 PM

Observed at Crookston Municipal Field · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    A chance of rain showers between 11pm and 2am. Partly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

  • Friday

    A slight chance of thunderstorms and a slight chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny. High near 75, with temperatures falling to around 73 in the afternoon. South southeast wind 9 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 6 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Cloudy 66°
  2. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 63°
  3. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 62°
  4. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 61°
  5. Fri12 AM Mostly Cloudy 61°
  6. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 60°
  7. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 60°
  8. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 60°
  9. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 59°
  10. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 58°
  11. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 58°
  12. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 57°
  13. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 56°
  14. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 57°
  15. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 61°
  16. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 65°
  17. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 69°
  18. 1 PM Partly Sunny 72°
  19. 2 PM Partly Sunny 73°
  20. 3 PM Mostly Cloudy 73°10%
  21. 4 PM Slight Chance T-storms 74°15%
  22. 5 PM Slight Chance T-storms 73°19%
  23. 6 PM Mostly Cloudy 72°
  24. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 69°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny11%55°73°
  2. FriOct 23 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance T-storms Partly Sunny then Slight Chance T-storms19%54°75°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny33°59°
  4. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny30°48°
  5. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny15%30°45°
  6. TueOct 27 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain29%37°49°
  7. WedOct 28 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain30%34°50°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy32°40°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny32°50°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy38°47°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

51
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • ThuGood (50)
  • FriGood (39)
  • SatGood

Red River Valley North, MN reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:58 AM
Sunset 6:28 PM
Daylight 10 h 30 min (−3 min 17 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:46 PM Moonset 3:48 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low50° / 30°
Record high78° (1963)
Record low13° (1976)
Wettest0.31 in (1975)
Yesterday63° / 31°
Month to date0.24 in (normal 1.35 in)

Grand Forks Area, records since 1941. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in FGF, issued 1 hr ago

Key Messages

- Well above average temperatures Thursday and Friday, followed by near average temperatures this weekend into next week.

- There is a medium chance for scattered weak thunderstorms Friday afternoon. Main hazard would be lightning.

Discussion

Issued at 342 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

...Synopsis...

Blocked upper ridging remains over the central CONUS, with upper troughing over the West Coast. This upper ridging is driving well above average temperatures in the 70s currently over the region. Weak embedded impulse moving through the flow is utilizing weak instability aloft, helping spark scattered rain/virga showers in northeast ND and northwest MN this afternoon into evening. Dry air in the lower levels will prevent much of this precipitation from reaching the ground, thus added sprinkles to the forecast to account for this.

On Friday, well above average temperatures will occur once more with widespread 70s forecast during the day. While temperatures will be mild, gusty southerly winds 20-40 mph will also build starting Friday by late morning, lasting through the day.

Upper trough in the West will attempt to break eastward, although all guidance suggests this will occur in a split-flow- like regime, with the northern branch of the upper trough in northern CONUS and Canada separating from the southern branch lingering in the Southwest. As it does this, it brings sufficient moisture and lift to bring scattered showers Friday afternoon into evening. Most guidance also indicates at sufficient instability aloft to bring lightning/thunderstorms into the conversation. A lack of better instability, moisture, and wind shear spacing will mitigate how strong thunderstorms will be - likely keeping storms weak.

Strong cold front moves through Friday night into Saturday driven by the northern branch of the upper trough. This ends our well above average temperatures, with most locations seeing daily high temperatures Saturday occur just ahead of this cold front, occurring early morning Saturday.

Aviation

Issued at 628 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

VFR conditions are expected to prevail through much of the TAF period at all sites. A stray shower is possible this evening, however, chances are quickly diminishing as the sun sets. Winds remain out of the southeast overnight and into Friday, with increasing cloud cover through the day on Friday. VFR ceilings are likely to continue, with a chance for showers or a stray thunderstorm during the afternoon, especially for KFAR, KBJI, and KTVF. Friday's winds remain out of the southeast, but will increase into the 15-25 knot range sustained, with gusts in the 30-35 knot range.

Fgf Watches

ND...None. MN...None.

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