Insane North Dakota Rainfall Totals: Over 6 Inches In Spots

Over 6 inches of rain have fallen in a good chunk of Grant County in southwest North Dakota.

Which is ironic, considering western North Dakota was supposed to miss out on the big rains from this current system, according to some of the local meteorologists' earlier forecasts.

It's ended up the opposite, and counties like Grant, Oliver, western Morton, and Mercer have seen rainfall in the 5 to 6 inch range.

I just got off the phone with the National Weather Service in Bismarck, and our official total at the airport is 2.28 inches as of Noon, Friday, March 16th, and it's not done raining yet.

Rain is likely to continue throughout Friday afternoon.

We could see another quarter inch of rain or so, as wrap-around moisture continues to drench central and western North Dakota.

So, the rainfall totals I'm about to give you will likely increase another quarter inch or better.

The following North Dakota rainfall totals are from the National Weather Service in Bismarck and radar estimates from weather.us.

Bismarck (Airport) - 2.28 inches of rain. (National Weather Service-as of noon 5-16-25)

Carson - 6.50 inches of rain. (National Weather Service)

North of Beulah (near the lake) - 6.1 inches of rain. (National Weather Service)

Extreme southern Grant County - 6.9 inches of rain. (Highest total in the state)

Flasher - 3.75 inches of rain.

Elgin - 5.50 inches of rain.

Selfridge - 4.10 inches of rain.

Mandan - 2.35 inches of rain.

Menoken - 2.37 inches of rain.

Lincoln - 2.45 inches of rain.

Sterling - 1.45 inches of rain.

Driscoll - 1.31 inches of rain.

Steele - 1.10 inches of rain.

Jamestown - .75 inches of rain.

Fargo - .51 inches of rain.

Grand Forks - .53 inches of rain.

Devils Lake - .83 inches of rain.

Minot - 2.31 inches of rain.

Williston - 1.75 inches of rain.

Watford City - 2.49 inches of rain.

Dickinson - 3.71 inches of rain.

Check out this swath of 6-inch rain from weather.us over the last 72 hours.

More rain is in the forecast Sunday evening into early next week. Just like that, our wildfire concerns have been extinguished. At least for now, we'll take it.