Minot, ND Weather Forecast
Ward County, North Dakota
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The next few hours
A dry afternoon, partly cloudy
It is 44°, but the wind is taking it down to 38° on exposed skin. The sky is partly cloudy.
Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Quiet through the next day and a half
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 29°. Tomorrow tops out near 45°. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
24–57°F across the weekThe week runs between 29° and 57°, with Monday the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Thursday is the wettest day, peaking near 47%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Minot, ND at a glance
Minot is home to about 47,373 people in Ward County, across 28 square miles. It ranks 4th by population of 25 places in North Dakota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Stanley, 52 miles away.
- County
- Ward County
- Population
- 47,373 2023 est.
- Land area
- 28 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,710
- Forecast point
- 48.2361°N, 101.2775°W
How well can the network see Minot?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMBX (Minot AFB, ND), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Minot. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Minot show up clearly. Minot is closer to its radar than 82% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMOT (Minot Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Minot
- Stanley, ND52 mi
- Bottineau, ND56 mi
- New Town, ND58 mi
- Rugby, ND60 mi
- Hazen, ND67 mi
- Beulah, ND71 mi
- Tioga, ND77 mi
- Watford City, ND97 mi
Elsewhere in North Dakota
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