Friday, Oct 9: North Dakota has no severe risk in the outlook through Sunday.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for North Dakota over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each North Dakota city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
SPC outlook for North Dakota
Day 1 (Friday, October 9): No severe risk
Day 2 (Saturday, October 10): General thunderstorms
North Dakota averages 30.9 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 2.4 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
85% of them touch down between June and August, and June alone accounts for 41%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2025, with 82.
Storm reports average about 245 for large hail a year (23.5 of them 2 inches or larger) and 232 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov