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NORTH DAKOTA · CAVALIER COUNTY

Munich

186 people, 1,590 ft above sea level in Cavalier County.

1,590 ftElevation, city center
186People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 39°
Sunny now Dew point 32° · SSE 21 mph · high 38°
City of Munich River Interstate 2 miles
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The Munich 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 Munich

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 4:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW ROLLA (K06D) · 4:55 PM
Sunny
39° Sunny Feels like 29° · high of 38° near 5 PM
WindSSE 21 mphno gusts
Humidity75%rising to 89% by morning
Pressure29.99 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 32° · Dry40° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday50% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 110.12 in · 3 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Cavalier County
NWS Grand Forks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 5:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:42 AM4:57 PM ↓
9 h 15 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
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 27 to 28° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 39° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 36° / 16°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
38° 32°
0% rain — SSE 18, gusts 29 A
SUN Nov. 15 Sunny; warmer Sunny; warmer
48° 35°
0% rain — S 18, gusts 30 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
52° 37°
0% rain — WSW 10 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
47° 35°
0% rain — ESE 6 C
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
39° 31°
50% rain up to 0.3″ NNW 9 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
36° 29°
10% rain — NNW 5 C
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
35° 27°
30% rain up to 0.1″ ENE 9 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 Munich about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Gulf of Alaska three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,050 miles back along its path. It came down from about 9,000 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Gulf of Alaska; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Munich stands on

Munich’s center stands about 1,590 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,580 ft to 1,610 ft, a difference of 30 ft: nearly flat ground.

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

Munich, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,500 ft1,600 ft MUNICH1,590 ftLow point1,500 ftHigh point of the line1,610 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 24 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 WATER

Where Munich’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Munich reaches Devils Lake by way of Dry Lake: about 60 river miles. Devils Lake has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Munich≈ 60 mi · Devils Lake
FROM THE CENTER OF MUNICH ≈ 60 mi to Devils Lake Dry Lake

Lake on the way: Dry Lake.

Often dry. About 60% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

No outlet, mostly. Devils Lake has spilled toward the Sheyenne River only at its highest stands.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Munich; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Munich on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Grand Forks ND · 96 MI 96 miles southeast Minot ND · 116 MI 116 miles west Fargo ND · 156 MI 156 miles southeast Moorhead MN · 158 MI 158 miles southeast
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NORTH DAKOTA · CAVALIER

Munich

186 people, 1,590 ft above sea level in Cavalier County.

1,590 ftElevation
186People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 39°
SunnyDew point 32°
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Today in Munich

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly clear night 38° 0%
8p mostly clear night 36° 0%
11p mostly clear night 35° 0%
2a clear night 34° 0%
5a clear night 32° 0%
8a mostly sunny 32° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 50%
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35
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Wed50%
Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
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Thu10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Fri30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Munich stands on

Munich’s center stands about 1,590 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,580 ft to 1,610 ft, a difference of 30 ft: nearly flat ground.

Munich, southwest to northeast Munich1,590 ftHigh point1,610 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,590 ft
Within 3 miles1,580 to 1,610 ft
Lie of the landNearly flat (30 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfacePierre Formation
Its ageLate Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 60 mito Devils LakeDry Lake

A raindrop that lands in Munich reaches Devils Lake by way of Dry Lake: about 60 river miles. Devils Lake has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

Lake on the way: Dry Lake.

Often dry. About 60% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

No outlet, mostly. Devils Lake has spilled toward the Sheyenne River only at its highest stands.