Bucyrus, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bucyrus, Adams County.
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Bucyrus exists as a quiet testament to the vast North Dakota prairie, its handful of buildings scattered like fallen dominoes across a landscape of rolling grasslands and endless sky. It lies 56.3 miles south of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 180°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west-north-west of Hettinger. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a tapestry of tawny grasses that shift and shimmer under the sun's relentless gaze, broken only by the occasional cluster of hardy cottonwoods and the distant, hazy line where earth meets an impossibly blue horizon. Even in the midday heat, a gentle breeze whispers across the open country, carrying the scent of sun-baked earth and wild sage, a constant reminder of the elemental forces that shape this place. The history of Bucyrus is intrinsically tied to the Homestead Act and the hardy souls who sought a new life on this unforgiving frontier, their dreams etched into the very soil. For decades, the local economy has been a steadfast rhythm of agriculture, with wheat fields stretching to the edges of perception, yielding their golden bounty with the changing seasons. The dust kicked up by tractors, a fine, golden powder, often settles on the weathered facades of the few remaining structures, a visible layer of time and toil. While the larger world rushes by, life in Bucyrus continues at a pace dictated by the sun and the soil, a place where community means knowing your neighbors by the tilt of their hat and the sound of their truck approaching.
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| Location | Bucyrus, Adams County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.063895°N, 102.788214°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58639 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bucyrus, 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 Bucyrus includes coordinates 46.063895°N, 102.788214°W, situated in Adams County. ZIP code 58639. Telephone area code: 701. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.