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NORTH DAKOTA · STUTSMAN COUNTY

Medina

264 people, 1,810 ft above sea level in Stutsman County.

1,810 ftElevation, city center
264People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Clear 40°
Clear now Dew point 24° · SE 17 mph · high 38°
City of Medina River Interstate 2 miles
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The Medina 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 Medina

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Jamestown Municipal Airport (KJMS) · 5:56 PM
Clear
40° Clear Feels like 31° · high of 38° near 6 PM
WindSE 17 mphno gusts
Humidity53%rising to 82% by morning
Pressure30.07 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 24° · Dry42° by Monday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 30.01 in · 11 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Stutsman County
NWS Bismarck and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 6:20 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:38 AM5:04 PM ↓
9 h 25 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
32
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 25 to 27° ↑ 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 38° / 20°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
38° 30°
0% rain — SSE 14, gusts 26 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
50° 36°
0% rain — S 16, gusts 31 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
57° 36°
0% rain — SSW 9 C
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
52° 35°
0% rain — SSE 9 B
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
48° 33°
40% rain up to 0.08″ WNW 9 C
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
42° 30°
10% rain — NE 5 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
42° 30°
50% rain up to 0.4″ ENE 10 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 Medina about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the northern Rockies three days ago, and over the central Plains a day ago, about 880 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. 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, ONE YEAR AGO Nov. 14, 2025

The hottest this week has been

71° on Nov. 14, 2025, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1987. Next is 69° in 2001.

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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Streeter 5 NW record since 1987.
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THE GROUND

What Medina stands on

Medina’s center stands about 1,810 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,740 ft to 1,960 ft, a difference of 220 ft: rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Pierre Formation (shale), from the Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old.

The section below crosses 2 rock units mapped at the surface.

Medina, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,800 ft1,900 ft2,000 ft MEDINA1,810 ftHigh point of the line2,030 ftLow point1,750 ft ← SWNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. 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

Pierre Formation

Shale. Age: Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old. About 22 mi of the line.

Fox Hills Formation

Shale, sandstone. Age: Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old. About 2 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

Medina’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1987 · Streeter 5 NW, 14 mi south-southwest

Medina has a warm-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 80° in July; winter nights fall to about 1° in January. A normal year brings about 49 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 20 inches of water.

19°1°23°4°36°16°52°29°65°42°74°53°80°58°79°56°70°46°55°33°38°20°25°8° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 TODAY MEDINA 19.8 in rain and snowmelt
Normal high to low, by month Record high to low, by day Rain by month Freezing
July, average80° / 58°high / low, the warmest month
January, average19° / 1°high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow19.8 inwettest months: June and July
Snow a year48.9 insnowiest: December
Hottest on record108°FJuly 31, 2006
Coldest on record−40°FFebruary 9, 1994
Wettest day on record5.14 inJuly 14, 2010
Snowiest day on record15.0 inDecember 29, 2019
90° days a year8very few reach 100°
Nights at or below 32°192and 95 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeWarm-summer humid continentalKöppen Dfb

AROUND THE RING

1Freeze seasonfrom the first fall freeze, about Sept. 23, to the last in spring, about May 15 (median dates)
2Highs below freezingNov. 27 to March 10; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezingOct. 17 to April 24; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretchMay through July: 9.8 of the year’s 19.8 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Medina normally reaches 39° and falls to 20°. The record high is 71°, in 2025; the record low −5°, in 2014. The most rain on this date, 0.15 in, fell in 1997.

MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high19°23°36°52°65°74°80°79°70°55°38°25°
Normal low1°4°16°29°42°53°58°56°46°33°20°8°
Rain and melt, in0.470.440.701.232.793.613.352.382.091.600.590.59
Snow, inches9.98.18.03.50.80.00.00.00.01.95.910.8
Record high54° (2012)63° (2016)80° (2012)89° (1990)94° (2025)103° (1988)108° (2006)105° (2003)100° (2001)90° (2015)77° (2016)58° (2023)
Record low−36° (2009)−40° (1994)−28° (2003)−5° (2018)14° (1997)29° (1992)38° (1995)34° (1992)17° (1995)−5° (1991)−21° (2007)−36° (1990)

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1987 at Streeter 5 NW, 14 miles south-southwest, 150 ft higher. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.

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ON THE NETWORK

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NORTH DAKOTA · STUTSMAN

Medina

264 people, 1,810 ft above sea level in Stutsman County.

1,810 ftElevation
264People
1 sq miLand
Clear 40°
ClearDew point 24°
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Today in Medina

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly clear night 38° 0%
9p mostly clear night 36° 0%
12a mostly clear night 35° 0%
3a clear night 34° 0%
6a clear night 33° 0%
9a mostly sunny 35° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 40%
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK, ONE YEAR AGO · NOV. 14, 2025

71°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1987.

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What Medina stands on

Medina’s center stands about 1,810 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,740 ft to 1,960 ft, a difference of 220 ft: rolling country.

Medina, southwest to northeast Medina1,810 ftHigh point2,030 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,810 ft
Within 3 miles1,740 to 1,960 ft
Lie of the landRolling (220 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfacePierre Formation
Its ageLate Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old
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Medina’s year

Medina has a warm-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 80° in July; winter nights fall to about 1° in January. A normal year brings about 49 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 20 inches of water.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 19.8 in
July, average80° / 58° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average19° / 1° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow19.8 in · wettest months: June and July
Snow a year48.9 in · snowiest: December
Hottest on record108°F · July 31, 2006
Coldest on record−40°F · February 9, 1994
Wettest day on record5.14 in · July 14, 2010
Snowiest day on record15.0 in · December 29, 2019
90° days a year8 · very few reach 100°
Nights at or below 32°192 · and 95 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeWarm-summer humid continental · Köppen Dfb
1Freeze season · from the first fall freeze, about Sept. 23, to the last in spring, about May 15 (median dates)
2Highs below freezing · Nov. 27 to March 10; normal highs stay below 32°
3Lows below freezing · Oct. 17 to April 24; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretch · May through July: 9.8 of the year’s 19.8 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Medina normally reaches 39° and falls to 20°. The record high is 71°, in 2025; the record low −5°, in 2014. The most rain on this date, 0.15 in, fell in 1997.

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1987 at Streeter 5 NW, 14 miles south-southwest, 150 ft higher. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.