Cavalier, North Dakota Weather
Cavalier, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Cavalier, Pembina County.
Full aviation weather for Cavalier is published on the Cavalier Municipal Airport (K2C8) page, 1 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. 6 airfields within reach of Cavalier 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 Cavalier: Walhalla Municipal Airport (K96D) 26 km · Pembina Municipal Airport (KPMB) 32 km · Park River W C Skjerven Field (KY37) 46 km · Hutson Field (KGAF) 47 km · Hallock Municipal Airport (KHCO) 50 km
Conditions reported at K2C8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cavalier specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Cavalier, North Dakota
Cavalier lies under a vast, arching sky that seems to stretch further here than anywhere else. It lies 65.8 miles north-north-west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 336°T), and is situated 16.2 miles east-south-east of Walhalla. The land unfurls in broad, sweeping plains, a fertile canvas painted with the greens of summer crops and the golden hues of autumn wheat. Gentle rises and shallow valleys break the monotony, suggesting the slow, deliberate sculpting of ancient glaciers. The Pembina River, a ribbon of silver, winds its way through this expanse, its banks often fringed with cottonwoods that rustle like whispered secrets in the prairie breeze. Even in the midday sun, there's a crispness to the air, a clean, sharp scent of earth and growing things. This is a place built on the enduring spirit of those who first broke the soil, their legacy etched into the very grid of Cavalier's streets. The economy here has long been tied to the bounty of the land, with agriculture a constant hum beneath the surface of daily life. The presence of the Cavalier Air Force Station, a stark, functional landscape of radar dishes and weathered buildings, speaks to a different kind of vigilance, a modern echo of the frontier's watchful eye. It’s a blend of the agricultural and the strategic, a quiet juxtaposition that defines the character of Cavalier.
Live animated radar for Cavalier 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 | Cavalier, Pembina County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.793881°N, 97.62231°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58220 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cavalier, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cavalier, 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 Cavalier includes coordinates 48.793881°N, 97.622310°W, situated in Pembina County. ZIP code 58220. 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.
