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NORTH DAKOTA · SHERIDAN COUNTY

McClusky

315 people, 1,930 ft above sea level in Sheridan County.

1,930 ftElevation, city center
315People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 52°
Sunny now Dew point 36° · SSE 17 mph · high 45°
City of McClusky River Interstate 2 miles
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The McClusky plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in McClusky

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Charlie(Ruso) TG (K1CN) · 3:55 PM
Sunny
52° Sunny Feels like 52° · high of 45° near 4 PM
WindSSE 17 mphgusts 26
Humidity55%rising to 96% by morning
Pressure— in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 36° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 30.1 in · 11 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Sheridan County
NWS Bismarck and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:45 AM5:07 PM ↓
9 h 22 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
35
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 30 to 34° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 41° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 39° / 19°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
45° 32°
0% rain — SSE 18, gusts 31 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
53° 32°
0% rain — S 16, gusts 28 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 34°
0% rain — SW 7 C
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
50° 32°
0% rain — ESE 7 C
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
42° 28°
40% rain up to 0.1″ WNW 10 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
39° 26°
20% rain — E 6 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
39° 24°
40% rain up to 0.3″ NE 8 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over McClusky about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the northern Rockies three days ago, and over the central Plains a day ago, about 910 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. It rose from near the ground on the way. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

THIS WEEK IN 1999 Nov. 12, 1999

The hottest this week has been

68° on Nov. 12, 1999, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1917. Next is 67° in 1953.

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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Mc Clusky record since 1917.
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THE GROUND

What McClusky stands on

McClusky’s center stands about 1,930 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,830 ft to 1,980 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Hell Creek Formation (sandstone, siltstone, claystone), from the Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old.

The section below crosses 3 rock units mapped at the surface.

McClusky, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,900 ft2,000 ft2,100 ft2,200 ft MCCLUSKY1,930 ftHigh point of the line2,220 ftLow point1,860 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 53×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Hell Creek Formation

Sandstone, siltstone, claystone. Age: Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old. About 14 mi of the line.

Fox Hills Formation

Shale, sandstone. Age: Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old. About 9 mi of the line.

Cannonball Formation

Shale, sandstone. Age: Paleocene, 56 to 66 million years old. About 1 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE ALMANAC

McClusky’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1917 · Mc Clusky

McClusky has a hot-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 85° in July; winter nights fall to about 3° in January. A normal year brings about 45 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 18 inches of water.

23°3°27°6°40°18°57°32°71°44°79°54°85°59°85°57°75°48°58°34°40°20°27°9° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 TODAY MCCLUSKY 18.2 in rain and snowmelt
Normal high to low, by month Record high to low, by day Rain by month Freezing
July, average85° / 59°high / low, the warmest month
January, average23° / 3°high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow18.2 inwettest months: June and July
Snow a year45.0 insnowiest: December
Hottest on record115°FJuly 6, 1936
Coldest on record−53°FFebruary 15, 1936
Wettest day on record4.24 inJune 30, 1975
Snowiest day on record16.0 inNovember 10, 2022
90° days a year16very few reach 100°
Nights at or below 32°175and 83 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeHot-summer humid continentalKöppen Dfa

AROUND THE RING

1Freeze seasonfrom the first fall freeze, about Sept. 29, to the last in spring, about May 10 (median dates)
2Highs below freezingDec. 2 to March 1; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezingOct. 20 to April 17; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretchMay through July: 8.4 of the year’s 18.2 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 McClusky normally reaches 41° and falls to 21°. The record high is 66°, in 2025; the record low −17°, in 1940. The most rain on this date, 0.65 in, fell in 1944.

MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high23°27°40°57°71°79°85°85°75°58°40°27°
Normal low3°6°18°32°44°54°59°57°48°34°20°9°
Rain and melt, in0.490.450.671.232.483.362.532.301.911.390.690.67
Snow, inches7.85.65.94.40.40.00.00.00.02.88.89.3
Record high59° (2012)65° (1958)81° (1946)95° (1980)105° (1934)105° (1936)115° (1936)105° (1983)106° (1978)93° (1953)76° (2016)62° (1941)
Record low−38° (1951)−53° (1936)−33° (1948)−10° (1975)9° (1967)26° (1926)30° (1949)26° (1934)7° (1939)−6° (1925)−23° (1985)−36° (1967)

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1917 at Mc Clusky, here. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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McClusky

315 people, 1,930 ft above sea level in Sheridan County.

1,930 ftElevation
315People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 52°
SunnyDew point 36°
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Today in McClusky

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 45° 0%
7p mostly clear night 38° 0%
10p mostly clear night 35° 0%
1a clear night 34° 0%
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7a mostly clear night 34° 0%
Rain
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK IN 1999 · NOV. 12, 1999

68°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1917.

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What McClusky stands on

McClusky’s center stands about 1,930 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,830 ft to 1,980 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country.

McClusky, northwest to southeast McClusky1,930 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 102×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,930 ft
Within 3 miles1,830 to 1,980 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (150 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceHell Creek Formation
Its ageLate Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old
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McClusky’s year

McClusky has a hot-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 85° in July; winter nights fall to about 3° in January. A normal year brings about 45 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 18 inches of water.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 18.2 in
July, average85° / 59° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average23° / 3° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow18.2 in · wettest months: June and July
Snow a year45.0 in · snowiest: December
Hottest on record115°F · July 6, 1936
Coldest on record−53°F · February 15, 1936
Wettest day on record4.24 in · June 30, 1975
Snowiest day on record16.0 in · November 10, 2022
90° days a year16 · very few reach 100°
Nights at or below 32°175 · and 83 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeHot-summer humid continental · Köppen Dfa
1Freeze season · from the first fall freeze, about Sept. 29, to the last in spring, about May 10 (median dates)
2Highs below freezing · Dec. 2 to March 1; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezing · Oct. 20 to April 17; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretch · May through July: 8.4 of the year’s 18.2 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 McClusky normally reaches 41° and falls to 21°. The record high is 66°, in 2025; the record low −17°, in 1940. The most rain on this date, 0.65 in, fell in 1944.

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1917 at Mc Clusky, here. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.