Ardoch, North Dakota Weather
Ardoch, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ardoch, Walsh County.
Full aviation weather for Ardoch is published on the Minto Municipal Airport (KD06) page, 10 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Ardoch have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Ardoch: Hutson Field (KGAF) 22 km · Grand Forks Air Force Base (KRDR) 28 km · Grand Forks International Airport (KGFK) 31 km · Park River W C Skjerven Field (KY37) 38 km · Northwood Municipal Airpiort - Vince Field (K4V4) 57 km
Conditions reported at KD06 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ardoch specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ardoch.
About Ardoch, North Dakota
Ardoch rests on a landscape shaped by the steady hand of glacial retreat, where the land rolls in broad, sweeping gestures, a canvas of cultivated earth stretching to the horizon. It lies 24.2 miles north-west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 324°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south-south-east of Minto. The sky here feels immense, a boundless dome that can shift from the clearest, piercing blue to a bruised, dramatic grey in mere hours, painting the fields in ever-changing hues of emerald, gold, and umber. The air itself carries a unique scent, a blend of rich, dark soil, the faint sweetness of distant crops, and the clean, crisp promise of open space, a perfume that clings to everything. Even the silence has a texture, a deep resonance broken only by the whisper of wind through the tall prairie grasses or the distant hum of a tractor, a sound that speaks of the land’s enduring vitality. The history of Ardoch is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land. It is a place where the rhythms of agriculture have long dictated the pulse of life, where families have returned to the same soil generation after generation, their stories intertwined with the planting and harvesting cycles. The local economy, like so many settlements in this region, is fundamentally tied to the bounty of the earth – wheat, barley, and other grains that climb towards the sun, their success hinging on the capricious generosity of the seasons. While there are no towering landmarks, the true distinction of Ardoch lies in its quiet resilience, the steadfast character of its people who have learned to navigate the vastness of the prairie and draw sustenance from its generous, if sometimes demanding, embrace.
Live animated radar for Ardoch and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Ardoch, Walsh County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.20721°N, 97.342299°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58261 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ardoch, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ardoch, North Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ardoch includes coordinates 48.207210°N, 97.342299°W, situated in Walsh County. ZIP code 58261. Telephone area code: 701. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
