Weather alerts in North Dakota, January 2026

49 weather alerts in January 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 49
Warnings: 5
Watches: 4
Advisories: 39
Busiest day: January 20, 20267 alerts

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 31, 9:18 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more	7 hr
Jan 1, 4:24 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	7 hr
Jan 1, 1:44 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 10 more	22 hr
Jan 3, 8:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons and 13 more	18 hr
Jan 4, 2:53 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	18 hr
Jan 4, 3:52 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 22 more	14 hr
Jan 4, 5:55 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Dickey, Foster, LaMoure, McHenry, Pierce and 3 more	30 hr
Jan 4, 7:55 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	43 hr
Jan 7, 7:27 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette	5 hr
Jan 11, 10:36 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh	4 hr
Jan 14, 1:50 AM CST	High Wind Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	25 hr
Jan 15, 2:51 AM CST	High Wind Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 12 more	45 hr
Jan 15, 2:51 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 8 more	39 hr
Jan 15, 1:42 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	40 hr
Jan 16, 2:28 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 22 more	22 hr
Jan 16, 1:02 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 22 more	23 hr
Jan 16, 1:26 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	29 hr
Jan 16, 1:26 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	23 hr
Jan 16, 6:01 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Richland, Traill, Walsh	18 hr
Jan 17, 2:29 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	40 hr
Jan 17, 12:43 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	35 hr
Jan 17, 12:43 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Ramsey, Ransom and 2 more	29 hr
Jan 17, 12:45 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	47 hr
Jan 17, 1:57 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 7 more	31 hr
Jan 18, 8:48 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey and 19 more	5 hr
Jan 18, 2:21 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Dickey, Divide, Foster, Kidder and 12 more	20 hr
Jan 19, 12:00 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	FGF	Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner and 1 more	22 hr
Jan 20, 1:07 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele and 1 more	47 hr
Jan 20, 1:07 PM CST	Extreme Cold Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	48 hr
Jan 20, 1:07 PM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	6 days
Jan 20, 1:07 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	31 hr
Jan 20, 1:41 PM CST	Extreme Cold Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	25 hr
Jan 20, 1:41 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	28 hr
Jan 20, 1:52 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 22 more	30 hr
Jan 21, 2:22 PM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	4 days
Jan 22, 1:12 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	4 days
Jan 23, 11:41 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	69 hr
Jan 25, 12:03 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mercer, Oliver	17 hr
Jan 26, 4:33 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Foster, Kidder, Logan, McHenry, Pierce and 5 more	17 hr
Jan 26, 4:37 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 3 more	17 hr
Jan 26, 1:30 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner and 1 more	23 hr
Jan 26, 1:34 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Cavalier, Grand Forks, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh	8 hr
Jan 26, 1:39 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Foster, McHenry, Mountrail and 6 more	20 hr
Jan 27, 1:58 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	FGF	Cavalier, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh	19 hr
Jan 29, 1:32 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina and 6 more	20 hr
Jan 29, 1:55 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette	20 hr
Jan 30, 2:55 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	45 hr
Jan 30, 1:34 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	FGF	Cavalier, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey and 3 more	19 hr
Jan 30, 1:44 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	51 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Mesoscale Discussion	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	13
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning	2
Extreme Cold Watch	2
Cold Weather Advisory	15
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	6

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.