
Sunny Thursday, then showers and storms tonight
Today brings sunshine and highs near 70, with just a slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms are likely between 8pm and 11pm.
By the ClickNNY Weather Desk
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The National Weather Service calls for mostly sunny skies today with highs near 70. A slight chance of rain showers arrives after 5pm. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms are likely between 8pm and 11pm, with lows around 44 to 45.
Watertown · Today
70°high
Mostly sunny then slight chance rain showers
- Tonight
- 45°
- Rain
- 22%
- 7 AM
- 51°
- 3 PM
- 68°
- Gusts
- 29
A slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. South wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Town by town
Highs from 67° to 72° across the North Country. Tap a town for the full forecast.
Radar

Live radar loop from the National Weather Service Fort Drum (KTYX) station, covering Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. Refreshes every few minutes.
What it means for your day
Commute
Morning commute: sunny and 51 degrees at 7am. Evening commute: partly sunny, 68 degrees at 3pm with a 4% chance of rain.
At the bus stop
Children waiting for the bus at 7am will see sunny skies and a temperature of 51 degrees. Coming home around 3pm, it will be partly sunny and 68 degrees.
Fort Drum
Fort Drum will see sunny skies and a high near 70 today, with a slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms are likely between 8pm and 11pm with a low around 44.
On the farm
Today is sunny with a high near 70 and south winds 9 to 16 mph with gusts as high as 29 mph. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms are likely between 8pm and 11pm with new rainfall less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Forecast from the National Weather Service, issued 3:48 AM. Town-by-town conditions and live alerts are on the North Country Weather page.
Compiled by the ClickNNY Weather Desk from National Weather Service forecasts, and updated through the day when the forecast changes.
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