North Dakota · NWS FGF office

Grand Forks, ND weather

It is 43°F and cloudy at Grand Forks, Grand Forks International Airport as of Oct 28, 1:15 AM CDT. Overnight: Patchy Fog, low near 34°F. Forecast from the National Weather Service, issued Oct 28, 12:36 AM CDT.

Updated Oct 28, 1:21 AM CDT (snapshot)

Current conditions

Temperature

43°F

Cloudy · feels like 35°F

Wind

SSW 18 mph, gusts 25 mph

Humidity 87% · dew point 39°F

Pressure · visibility

29.91 inHg

Visibility 10 mi

Observed at Grand Forks, Grand Forks International Airport (KGFK), Oct 28, 1:15 AM CDT. Station readings can lag or be missing.

Alerts for this area

No active NWS alerts cover the Grand Forks forecast zone right now.

Around the NWS FGF forecast area

No active alerts in zones served by the FGF office near Grand Forks.

From the alert snapshot of Oct 28, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT. No alerts are active anywhere in North Dakota.

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Next 24 hours

Hourly forecast for Grand Forks (local time)
TimeTempForecastPrecip. chanceWind
Wed 1 AM38°FPartly Cloudy1%S 9 mph
Wed 2 AM38°FMostly Cloudy1%S 10 mph
Wed 3 AM38°FMostly Cloudy1%S 9 mph
Wed 4 AM37°FPatchy Fog1%S 9 mph
Wed 5 AM37°FPatchy Fog1%S 8 mph
Wed 6 AM35°FPatchy Fog1%S 8 mph
Wed 7 AM36°FAreas Of Fog6%S 7 mph
Wed 8 AM36°FPatchy Fog6%S 8 mph
Wed 9 AM38°FPatchy Fog8%S 9 mph
Wed 10 AM42°FPatchy Fog10%S 10 mph
Wed 11 AM45°FSlight Chance Light Rain20%S 9 mph
Wed 12 PM45°FChance Light Rain34%S 9 mph
Wed 1 PM47°FChance Light Rain53%S 8 mph
Wed 2 PM49°FLight Rain Likely57%S 7 mph
Wed 3 PM50°FChance Light Rain49%S 7 mph
Wed 4 PM50°FChance Light Rain27%S 7 mph
Wed 5 PM51°FSlight Chance Light Rain21%SSW 7 mph
Wed 6 PM49°FSlight Chance Light Rain17%SW 6 mph
Wed 7 PM46°FPartly Cloudy1%SW 6 mph
Wed 8 PM45°FPartly Cloudy0%SW 7 mph
Wed 9 PM42°FPartly Cloudy0%WSW 8 mph
Wed 10 PM40°FPartly Cloudy0%W 9 mph
Wed 11 PM39°FPartly Cloudy0%W 9 mph
Thu 12 AM38°FPartly Cloudy0%W 8 mph

Hourly values come from the NWS gridded forecast for the 2.5 km grid square that covers the city's center point. Conditions elsewhere in Grand Forks can differ.

7-day forecast

Overnight

Low 34°F

Patchy fog after 3am. Mostly cloudy. Low around 34, with temperatures rising to around 37 overnight. South wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday

High 55°F·Low 30°F

Areas of fog before noon, then a chance of drizzle between noon and 1pm, then rain likely between 1pm and 4pm. Mostly cloudy. High near 55, with temperatures falling to around 53 in the afternoon. South southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Low around 30, with temperatures rising to around 32 overnight. West southwest wind around 9 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday

High 48°F·Low 28°F

Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. West northwest wind 6 to 12 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind around 3 mph.

Friday

High 46°F·Low 28°F

Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. North northeast wind around 6 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. East wind around 5 mph.

Saturday

High 53°F·Low 41°F

Partly sunny, with a high near 53. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. South southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday

High 57°F·Low 41°F

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. South southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday

High 55°F·Low 37°F

A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. East wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday

High 52°F

A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. North northeast wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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About this forecast

Forecast office
Grand Forks is served by the National Weather Service FGF forecast office, forecast zone NDZ027, county zone NDC035.
Location used
The Census Bureau's internal point for Grand Forks (47.9196, -97.0873), in Grand Forks County. Population: 59,845 (2024 estimate), number 3 of the 8 North Dakota cities on this site.
Radar
Nearest NWS radar: KMVX. View it on radar.weather.gov.

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Sources

  • Forecast, hourly forecast, observations and alerts: National Weather Service API, api.weather.gov/points/47.9196,-97.0873 (forecast issued Oct 28, 12:36 AM CDT).
  • Official forecast page: forecast.weather.gov.
  • City location and population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates and 2024 Gazetteer files.
  • Snapshot taken Oct 28, 2026. The NWS and Census Bureau do not endorse OpenForecast.

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