Lincoln, ND Weather Forecast
Burleigh County, North Dakota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lincoln, 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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Lincoln, ND at a glance
Lincoln is home to about 4,426 people in Burleigh County, across 1.6 square miles. It ranks 15th by population of 25 places in North Dakota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Bismarck, 5 miles away.
- County
- Burleigh County
- Population
- 4,426 2023 est.
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,854
- Forecast point
- 46.7689°N, 100.6977°W
How well can the network see Lincoln?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBIS (Bismarck, ND), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 140 ft above Lincoln. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Lincoln show up clearly. Lincoln 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 Lincoln
- Bismarck, ND5 mi
- Mandan, ND10 mi
- Hazen, ND57 mi
- Beulah, ND61 mi
- Mobridge, SD86 mi
- Jamestown, ND95 mi
- Dickinson, ND100 mi
- Minot, ND105 mi
Elsewhere in North Dakota
FargoBismarckGrand ForksMinotWest FargoWillistonAll North Dakota forecasts →

