North Dakota Rainfall Totals: Drought relief for many

The skies really opened up for much of North Dakota Monday.

Even the Bismarck Bubble was a little leaky as the Capital Region saw over an inch of rain. This is welcome news as south-central and southwest North Dakota have been very dry this past winter and spring.

Our latest rains will certainly help with wildfire concerns, spring planting for our farmers, and it should green up your grass too.

The heaviest rains fell in southeast North Dakota.

Jamestown, which seems to always be under the rain clouds the last couple of years, picked up over four inches of rain on Monday. This was the highest total in the state.

As always, we will take the precipitation when we can get it in North Dakota.

The extended outlook is calling for much warmer temperatures over the next couple of weeks, and especially as we get into May. The 70s and even some 80s will be the norm beginning this weekend.

We do have a couple more chances to get under a shower on both Wednesday and Thursday, but neither of those systems looks like they will pack a punch like what we saw for rain on Monday. After that, it looks pretty dry for the next 10 days.

Here are your North Dakota rainfall totals from Monday (According to the National Weather Service in Bismarck, KX News, and AccuWeather).

Bismarck received 1.02 inches of rain.

Mandan received 1.02 inches of rain.

Lincoln received 1.16 inches of rain.

Carson received .89 inches of rain.

Napoleon received 2.02 inches of rain.

Williston received 1.37 inches of rain.

Jamestown received 4.25 inches of rain. (Highest total in the state)

Lisbon received 1.81 inches of rain.

Edgely received 1.79 inches of rain.

Hettinger received 2.70 inches of rain.

Elgin received 0.98 inches of rain.

Regent received .20 inches of rain.

Mott received .46 inches of rain.

Steele received .88 inches of rain.

New Salem received .64 inches of rain.

Fargo received 1.03 inches of rain.

Grand Forks received 1.23 inches of rain.

Cleveland received 3.39 inches of rain.

St. Anthony received 1.17 inches of rain.

Linton received 1.56 inches of rain.

Baldwin received .41 inches of rain.

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