Butte, North Dakota Weather
Butte, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Butte, McLean County.
Full aviation weather for Butte is published on the Mc Clusky Municipal Airport (K7G2) page, 44 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.
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.
Conditions reported at K7G2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 44 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Butte specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Butte.
About Butte, North Dakota
Butte, North Dakota, stretches out beneath a sky that seems to hold an almost impossible breadth, a vast canvas where clouds drift like slow ships across an ocean of blue. It lies 39.9 miles south-east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 133°T), and is situated 19.4 miles south-east of Velva. The landscape here is a study in subtle contours, a rolling expanse of prairie grass that shifts in hue with the passing seasons, from the vibrant green of early summer to the burnished gold of late autumn. Wind, a constant, unseen sculptor, shapes the very air, carrying the faint, earthy scent of cultivated fields and the distant whisper of unseen life. The horizon, an unbroken line, promises an endless reach, and in the quiet moments of dawn or dusk, the light paints the land in shades of rose and lavender, lending a profound stillness to the scene. The history of Butte is as deeply rooted as the grasses that still cover much of its surrounding terrain, an area once shaped by the aspirations of homesteaders seeking their fortune on the open plains. While the immediate vicinity of Butte itself might appear understated, its economic life has historically drawn from the agricultural bounty of McLean County, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to generations of harvest. The character of Butte is one of quiet resilience, a place where the pace of life is dictated by the sun and the soil, and where a deep sense of community persists, fostered by shared experiences under that immense prairie sky.
Live animated radar for Butte 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.
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| Location | Butte, McLean County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.838058°N, 100.665419°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58723 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Butte, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butte, 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 Butte includes coordinates 47.838058°N, 100.665419°W, situated in McLean County. ZIP code 58723. 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.
