Ashley, North Dakota Weather
Ashley, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ashley, McIntosh County.
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About Ashley, North Dakota
Ashley lies at the heart of a vast, undulating prairie, a place where the sky feels immense and the horizon stretches out like an unspooled ribbon. It lies 58.0 miles north-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 313°T), and is situated 17.8 miles south-south-east of Wishek. The land here is a study in subtle earth tones, a mosaic of cultivated fields and wilder grasslands that shift in hue with the changing seasons. Summer afternoons can settle with a heavy, golden stillness, the air thick with the scent of ripening wheat and the hum of unseen insects. Winter brings a stark, clean beauty, the landscape sculpted by wind into drifts of snow that gleam under a pale sun, and the silence is profound, broken only by the creak of frozen fences or the distant call of a hawk. The very character of Ashley is etched into this open country, a quiet resilience born from the elements and the sheer expanse of the land. The story of Ashley is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this fertile prairie soil. Established by German-Russian immigrants seeking land and opportunity, the town became a hub for farming communities, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels against the endless sky, monuments to the harvest. The local economy, though it has seen its share of shifts, remains anchored in the land, with cattle ranches and crop farms still defining the rhythm of life. A distinctive German heritage permeates Ashley, evident in the architecture of older buildings and the lingering echoes of traditions, a cultural thread that has endured through generations, lending a unique flavor to the quiet commerce and social gatherings that define Ashley's enduring presence.
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| Location | Ashley, McIntosh County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.034141°N, 99.371503°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58413 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ashley, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashley, North Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Ashley includes coordinates 46.034141°N, 99.371503°W, situated in McIntosh County. ZIP code 58413. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
