Lakota, ND Weather

Nelson County3:29 AM CDT48.04°N, 98.34°WElevation 1,516 ft

Current conditions

Clear
54°
Clear
Feels like 54°
High 73°·Low 53° tonight
WindSE 5 mph
Humidity94%
Dew point52°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover27%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise8:05 AM
Sunset6:32 PM

Observed at Devils Lake, Devils Lake Municipal Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Overnight

    Partly cloudy. Low around 53, with temperatures rising to around 55 overnight. South southeast wind around 12 mph.

  • Friday

    A slight chance of rain after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 13 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  • Friday Night

    A slight chance of rain before 7pm. Partly cloudy. Low around 46, with temperatures rising to around 56 overnight. South southwest wind 21 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Cloudy 56°
  2. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 56°
  3. 5 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  4. 6 AM Sunny 55°
  5. 7 AM Sunny 55°
  6. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  7. 9 AM Partly Sunny 55°
  8. 10 AM Partly Sunny 59°
  9. 11 AM Partly Sunny 63°
  10. 12 PM Partly Sunny 66°
  11. 1 PM Partly Sunny 68°
  12. 2 PM Mostly Cloudy 70°
  13. 3 PM Mostly Cloudy 71°
  14. 4 PM Mostly Cloudy 71°12%
  15. 5 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 72°16%
  16. 6 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 70°17%
  17. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 68°
  18. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 66°
  19. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 63°
  20. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 63°
  21. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 63°
  22. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 63°
  23. 1 AM Mostly Clear 63°
  24. 2 AM Mostly Clear 63°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy53°
  2. TodayOct 23 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain17%46°73°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny31°52°
  4. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny28°45°
  5. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny15%28°41°
  6. TueOct 27 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain31%35°45°
  7. WedOct 28 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain29%32°47°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny11%45°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy28°40°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy26°38°

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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Sun & moon

Sunrise 8:05 AM
Sunset 6:32 PM
Daylight 10 h 26 min (−3 min 18 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 90% lit
Moonrise 5:06 PM Moonset 5:05 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low48° / 28°
Month to date0.42 in (normal 1.23 in)

Petersburg 2 N, records since 1944. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in FGF, issued 3 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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