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Weather in Sentinel Township, ND · National Weather Service + NOAA

Sentinel Township has milder winters than most of North Dakota

Sentinel Township has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 30 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 41°, and lows to 19°.

Winter 29°/8°Spring 55°/30°Summer 81°/53°Fall 57°/31°
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Sunrise 8:39 am · sunset 6:37 pm

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What stands out about Sentinel Township’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Milder winters than most of North DakotaJanuary nights average 6°, milder than 1,658 of 1,711 North Dakota towns.Warmer summers than most of North DakotaJuly afternoons average 84°, warmer than 1,679 of 1,711 North Dakota towns.Less snow than most of North DakotaAbout 30 inches a winter, less than 1,448 of 1,453 North Dakota towns.A dry climateJust 16 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 93% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Sentinel Township’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
29° / 8°
12 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
55° / 30°
Last frost around May 19
Summer
81° / 53°
34 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
57° / 31°
First frost around Sep 20
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 20). Last frost next spring: May 19
Best months to be outside
MayJunAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Sentinel Township get?About 30 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 2.9 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.1° vs. the 20th century.

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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 Sentinel Township itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Medora, ND (9 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.