Berthold, North Dakota Weather
Berthold, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Berthold, Ward County.
Full aviation weather for Berthold is published on the Minot Air Force Base (KMIB) page, 30 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. 5 airfields within reach of Berthold 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 Berthold: Minot International Airport (KMOT) 34 km · Kenmare Municipal Airport (K7K5) 46 km · Parshall Hankins Airport (KY74) 52 km · Mohall Municipal Airport (KHBC) 53 km
Conditions reported at KMIB describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Berthold specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Berthold.
About Berthold, North Dakota
Berthold rests under a vast, ever-shifting sky, a landscape defined by the broad, sweeping lines of the North Dakota prairie. It lies 21.0 miles west-north-west of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 286°T), and is situated 14.4 miles west of Burlington. Rolling fields of wheat and barley stretch to horizons that seem impossibly distant, broken only by the occasional cluster of sturdy farmhouses or the dark silhouette of a lone windbreak. The air here, especially in the hushed moments of dawn, carries a crisp, clean scent, a mingling of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild grasses. In the summer, the light can be blindingly bright, painting the land in a thousand shades of gold and green, while winter often cloaks the world in a stark, silent white, the wind carving subtle drifts across the open ground. The land itself feels ancient, a deep, fertile soil that has patiently yielded its bounty for generations. The history of Berthold is intrinsically tied to the tenacious spirit of those who first settled this seemingly boundless territory, drawn by the promise of fertile land and the dream of a life carved from the earth. Early homesteaders, facing harsh winters and the sheer isolation of the prairie, laid the foundations for the agricultural heart that still beats at Berthold's core. The local economy remains rooted in the cultivation of grains and the raising of livestock, a quiet testament to the enduring strength of farming communities. While not a place of grand monuments, the weathered grain elevators that punctuate the skyline serve as silent sentinels, their towering forms a familiar and comforting sight for those who call Berthold home. The rhythm of life here is dictated not by the frantic pace of cities, but by the steady turning of seasons and the predictable cycles of the land.
Live animated radar for Berthold 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 | Berthold, Ward County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.313069°N, 101.737108°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58718 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Berthold, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Berthold, 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 Berthold includes coordinates 48.313069°N, 101.737108°W, situated in Ward County. ZIP code 58718. 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.
