Bismarck, ND Weather Forecast
Burleigh County, North Dakota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Bismarck, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
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
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Bismarck, ND at a glance
Bismarck is home to about 75,092 people in Burleigh County, across 35 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 25 places in North Dakota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lincoln, 5 miles away.
- County
- Burleigh County
- Population
- 75,092 2023 est.
- Land area
- 35 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,165
- Forecast point
- 46.8146°N, 100.7701°W
How well can the network see Bismarck?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBIS (Bismarck, ND), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 150 ft above Bismarck. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Bismarck show up clearly. Bismarck is closer to its radar than 99% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBIS (Bismarck Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Bismarck
- Lincoln, ND5 mi
- Mandan, ND6 mi
- Hazen, ND52 mi
- Beulah, ND57 mi
- Mobridge, SD89 mi
- Dickinson, ND96 mi
- Jamestown, ND98 mi
- Minot, ND101 mi
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