Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures Through This Weekend

A clipper storm will move across the Great Lakes through this weekend with periods of light snow, gusty winds, and lake effect snow bands which could make for hazardous travel at times. A frigid airmass will spread eastward behind this storm into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Bismarck, Bismarck Municipal Airport (KBIS)

Lat: 46.78°NLon: 100.76°WElev: 1677ft.

A Few Clouds and Breezy

-5°F

-21°C

Humidity	72%
Wind Speed	NW 21 G 29 mph
Barometer	30.39 in (1034.2 mb)
Dewpoint	-12°F (-24°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-29°F (-34°C)
Last update	17 Jan 9:52 am CST

More Information:

Local Forecast Office More Local Wx 3 Day History Hourly Weather Forecast

Extended Forecast for

3 Miles NNW Bismarck ND

Wind Advisory January 18, 12:00am until January 18, 06:00pm

Cold Weather Advisory January 17, 10:30am until January 17, 12:00pm

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Wind Advisory

Cold Weather Advisory

Cold Weather Advisory January 17, 10:30am until January 17, 12:00pm
NOW until 12:00pm Sat
Cold Weather Advisory
Today
High: 15 °F
Increasing
Clouds
Tonight
Low: 12 °F⇑
Chance Snow
and Windy
Sunday
High: 24 °F⇓
Chance Snow
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Sunday Night
Low: -2 °F
Patchy
Blowing Snow
and Blustery
then Mostly
Cloudy
M.L.King Day
High: 12 °F
Mostly Sunny
Monday Night
Low: 1 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 25 °F
Chance Snow
Tuesday Night
Low: 11 °F
Slight Chance
Snow then
Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Today

Increasing clouds, with a high near 15. Wind chill values as low as -25. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Tonight

A chance of snow before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow after 3am. Cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 26 by 4am. Windy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest 24 to 29 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday

A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 9am. Patchy blowing snow before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 7 by 5pm. Windy, with a northwest wind 24 to 32 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night

Patchy blowing snow before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. Wind chill values as low as -20. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

M.L.King Day

Mostly sunny, with a high near 12. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south after midnight.

Tuesday

A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. South wind 5 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday Night

A slight chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 18. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Thursday

Partly sunny, with a high near 15. West wind 6 to 9 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. North wind around 8 mph.

Friday

Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 4. North wind around 9 mph.