Barton, North Dakota Weather
Barton, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Barton, Pierce County.
Full aviation weather for Barton is published on the Rugby Municipal Airport (KRUG) page, 17 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. 3 airfields within reach of Barton 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 Barton: Bottineau Municipal Airport (KD09) 40 km · Rolla Municipal Airport (K06D) 58 km
Conditions reported at KRUG describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Barton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Barton.
About Barton, North Dakota
Barton rests on a wide, flat expanse of North Dakota prairie, where the land rolls out in subtle, almost imperceptible waves under an immense sky. It lies 54.8 miles east-north-east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 69°T), and is situated 12.6 miles north-west of Rugby. The horizon here is a clean, sharp line, broken only by the occasional stand of cottonwood trees lining a distant coulee or the low-slung roofs of farmsteads. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, golden shadows that stretch and deepen across the fields, turning the dry grasses to burnished copper and lending a quiet, contemplative mood to the landscape. The air itself is clean and carries the faint, dry scent of earth and summer wheat, a fragrance that speaks of the vastness stretching in every direction. The history of Barton is inextricably linked to the agricultural heartland of North Dakota, a place where hardy settlers carved out lives from the seemingly boundless prairie. For generations, the local economy has been sustained by the cultivation of wheat and other grains, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the unpredictable grace of rainfall. The grain elevators, iconic sentinels of the plains, still stand tall, their stark silhouettes a testament to the enduring spirit of this agricultural endeavor. While the population is sparse, a strong sense of community persists, a quiet camaraderie forged by shared experiences of the land and the enduring challenges and rewards of prairie life.
Live animated radar for Barton 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 | Barton, Pierce County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.506941°N, 100.176246°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58384 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Barton, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barton, 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 Barton includes coordinates 48.506941°N, 100.176246°W, situated in Pierce County. ZIP code 58384. 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.
