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Latest Report - June 27, 2024

Daryl Ritchison
Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN)
State Climatologist of North Dakota

Summary

Severe weather threat for especially western North Dakota today/tonight. Additional severe weather possible Sunday/Monday.
Severe weather will bring rain, locally heavy in the next 24 hours, but there will also be areas that get very little rain, the nature of thunderstorms.
Besides today/tonight, there will be another 2 storms in the next week keeping it generally wet and cooler (per average).
Drought (D1) still lingers in Bowman and Slope Counties. Other areas in the SW in D0 (abnormally dry). Rain in next week may change those areas slightly.
Stream flows are above average in many areas, but below flood stage.
The 8-14 day forecast is for near average precipitation and temperatures, although a slight tend toward warmer than average weather. Outside of maybe a day here or there, a long stretch of above average temperatures is not expected in the next couple of weeks.

The July outlook seems to hint at average temperatures and precipitation.

Drought Report June 27, 2004