Blanchard, North Dakota Weather
Blanchard, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Blanchard, Traill County.
Full aviation weather for Blanchard is published on the Hillsboro Municipal Airport (K3H4) page, 12 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 Blanchard 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 Blanchard: Northwood Municipal Airpiort - Vince Field (K4V4) 50 km · West Fargo Municipal Airport (KD54) 54 km · Casselton Robert Miller Regional Airport (K5N8) 55 km · Hector International Airport (KFAR) 56 km
Conditions reported at K3H4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blanchard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blanchard.
About Blanchard, North Dakota
Blanchard lies under a sky that stretches with an almost audible immensity across the broad, flat expanse of Traill County. It lies 35.8 miles north-north-west of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 335°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west-south-west of Hillsboro. The land here is a patient geometry of fields, a patchwork quilt stitched with the greens of young crops and the rich, dark browns of tilled earth, all meeting the horizon in a clean, unwavering line. Sparse stands of trees, mostly cottonwoods and box elders, offer occasional punctuation marks against the prevailing openness, their leaves rustling with a dry whisper in the ever-present breeze. The air itself carries a clean, elemental scent, a blend of sun-baked soil and the distant, sweet perfume of prairie grasses, and as dusk descends, the light softens to a warm, golden hue, bathing the quiet streets in a gentle, ephemeral glow. The story of Blanchard is written in the grain of its soil and the determination of its people, a testament to the enduring spirit of agricultural settlement on the North Dakota prairie. For generations, the local economy has been inextricably linked to the bounty of the land, with wheat, corn, and soybeans forming the backbone of its prosperity. The rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of life in Blanchard, a cycle marked by the rumble of tractors and the golden waves of ripening grain. While no grand monuments rise here, the true landmarks are the silos that pierce the sky, silent sentinels of stored harvests, and the enduring sense of community that binds its residents together, a quiet strength forged in the shared experience of life on the open plains.
Live animated radar for Blanchard 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 | Blanchard, Traill County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.345815°N, 97.219533°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58009 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blanchard, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blanchard, 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 Blanchard includes coordinates 47.345815°N, 97.219533°W, situated in Traill County. ZIP code 58009. 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.
