Lightning Creek Township has milder winters than most of North Dakota
Lightning Creek Township has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 33 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 43°, and nights fall to 19°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Lightning Creek Township’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Lightning Creek Township’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Lightning Creek Township.
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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Lightning Creek Township itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Reeder, ND (8 mi, snow) and Hettinger Municipal Airport, ND (13 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.