Grafton, ND Weather

Walsh County6:14 AM CDT48.41°N, 97.41°WElevation 830 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Sunny
54°
Mostly Sunny
Feels like 54°
High 75°·Low 52°
WindSSE 8 mph gusts 15 mph
Humidity100%
Dew point54°
Cloud cover38%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise8:02 AM
Sunset6:27 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. South southeast wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly cloudy. Low around 52, with temperatures rising to around 60 overnight. South wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. West wind 17 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 12 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 54°
  2. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  3. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 53°
  4. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 55°
  5. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 60°
  6. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 64°
  7. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 68°
  8. 1 PM Partly Sunny 70°
  9. 2 PM Partly Sunny 73°
  10. 3 PM Mostly Cloudy 74°
  11. 4 PM Mostly Cloudy 74°12%
  12. 5 PM Mostly Cloudy 75°
  13. 6 PM Mostly Cloudy 73°
  14. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 70°
  15. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 68°
  16. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 65°
  17. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 65°
  18. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 65°
  19. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 65°
  20. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 65°
  21. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 64°
  22. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 64°
  23. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 64°
  24. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 60°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Partly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers Partly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers11%52°
  2. TodayOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny12%52°75°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny32°58°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny27°47°
  5. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny12%28°44°
  6. TueOct 27 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain32%36°47°
  7. WedOct 28 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain30%32°49°
  8. ThuOct 29 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny11%48°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny32°50°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy39°46°

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

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Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • FriGood (39)
  • SatGood
  • SunGood

Red River Valley North, MN reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 8:02 AM
Sunset 6:27 PM
Daylight 10 h 25 min (−3 min 21 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 91% lit
Moonrise 5:02 PM Moonset 5:02 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in FGF, issued 6 hrs 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 1152 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

VFR conditions continue overnight into Friday morning at all TAF sites. Winds increase out of the southeast Friday morning into the 15-25 knot range with gusts up to 35 knots. Cloud cover increases through the day on Friday, but will remain VFR. Low level wind shear is possible late in the day as low level winds shift to the south, then southwest. Showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible during the afternoon and evening, mainly at KFAR, KBJI, and KTVF.

Fgf Watches

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

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