Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Extreme Cold and Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

Current conditions at

Aberdeen, Aberdeen Regional Airport (KABR)

Lat: 45.44°NLon: 98.41°WElev: 1299ft.

Overcast and Breezy

16°F

-9°C

Humidity 59%
Wind Speed NW 22 G 33 mph
Barometer 30.08 in (1021.2 mb)
Dewpoint 4°F (-16°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Wind Chill-2°F (-19°C)
Last update 21 Jan 4:53 pm CST
Extended Forecast for

6 Miles S Ellendale ND

Extreme Cold Watch January 22, 06:00pm until January 23, 03:00pm
Winter Weather Advisory January 21, 05:28pm until January 21, 06:00pm
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Extreme Cold Watch
Winter Weather Advisory
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    Winter Weather Advisory January 21, 05:28pm until January 21, 06:00pm

    NOW until 6:00pm Wed

    Winter Weather Advisory

  • This Afternoon

    High: 14 °F

    Isolated Snow
    Showers and
    Patchy
    Blowing Snow

  • Tonight

    Tonight: Isolated snow showers.  Partly cloudy during the early evening, then becoming cloudy, with a low around -2. West northwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 20%.

    Low: -2 °F

    Isolated Snow
    Showers

  • Thursday

    Thursday: Increasing clouds and cold, with a temperature falling to around -7 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -32. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 13 to 18 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

    High: 5 °F

    Cold and
    Blustery

  • Thursday Night

    Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -21. Wind chill values as low as -41. North northwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

    Low: -21 °F

    Mostly Clear

  • Friday

    Friday: Sunny and cold, with a high near -8. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

    High: -8 °F

    Cold

  • Friday Night

    Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -18. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight.

    Low: -18 °F

    Partly Cloudy

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. South wind 6 to 10 mph.

    High: 1 °F

    Cold

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -15. South southeast wind around 7 mph becoming north in the evening.

    Low: -15 °F

    Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon
Isolated snow showers. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 14. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
Isolated snow showers. Partly cloudy during the early evening, then becoming cloudy, with a low around -2. West northwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday
Increasing clouds and cold, with a temperature falling to around -7 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -32. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 13 to 18 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around -21. Wind chill values as low as -41. North northwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Friday
Sunny and cold, with a high near -8. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -18. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight.
Saturday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. South wind 6 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around -15. South southeast wind around 7 mph becoming north in the evening.
Sunday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -1. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -15.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 16.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 1.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 17.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around -1.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 14.
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ABOUT THIS FORECAST

 
Point Forecast:
6 Miles S Ellendale ND
 45.93°N 98.51°W (Elev. 1450 ft)
5:11 pm CST Jan 21, 2026
5pm CST Jan 21, 2026-6pm CST Jan 28, 2026
 
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