NWS Grand Forks NDFZ.W 0005October 13, 2026
Freeze Warning: Towner, Cavalier, Benson and 8 more, ND
The National Weather Service office in Grand Forks issued a freeze warning for Towner, Cavalier, Benson and 8 more in North Dakota, in force until 9:00 a.m. local time on October 14. It was the 5th freeze warning the NWS office in Grand Forks issued in 2026. North Dakota had 1 freeze warning in October 2026, against 3 in an average October of 2008-2025 (North Dakota's freeze warnings by year).
Warning
In force for 8 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Grand Forks ND
- Area
- Towner, Cavalier, Benson and 8 more
- State
- North Dakota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:41 p.m. CDT, October 13, 2026
- In force from
- 1:00 a.m. CDT, October 14, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 a.m. CDT, October 14, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KFGF FZ.W 0005
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Freeze Warnings in North Dakota since 2008Every warning type in North Dakota
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The notice as issued
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast and southeast North Dakota. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highest probability for freezing temperatures will be west of the Red River Valley.
What the agency told people to do
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.