Dawson, North Dakota Weather
Dawson, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dawson, Kidder County.
Full aviation weather for Dawson is published on the Wishek Municipal Airport (K6L5) page, 71 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 K6L5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 71 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dawson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dawson.
About Dawson, North Dakota
Dawson is a quiet collection of buildings huddled against the vast, sweeping prairie. It lies 49.0 miles east of Bismarck, ND (from Bismarck, ND: bearing 85°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east of Steele. The landscape around Dawson is a study in subtle gradients, where the land rolls with a patient, almost imperceptible swell, meeting a sky that feels impossibly wide, stretching from horizon to horizon in a boundless canvas of blue. The air itself carries a certain cleanness, a crispness that speaks of distance and wide-open spaces, and in the late afternoon, the low sun casts long, buttery shadows that stretch and blur across the fields of grain, lending a painterly quality to the otherwise stark beauty of the terrain. The few trees that punctuate the horizon seem to stand as solitary sentinels, their branches reaching out like patient hands against the immense sky. The history of Dawson is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of those who have worked this land. Its local economy, like so many prairie towns, has long been tethered to the rhythms of agriculture, with the golden waves of wheat and barley dictating the fortunes of its inhabitants. This is a place where the legacy of the homesteader still breathes, a spirit of self-reliance and a deep connection to the earth. There’s a distinctive character to Dawson, a sense of lives lived with a deliberate, unhurried pace, where neighbors know each other’s stories and the passing of seasons is a more significant marker than the ticking of a clock. The grain elevators, stark and functional against the sky, remain iconic landmarks, silent witnesses to generations of labor and the enduring promise of the harvest.
Live animated radar for Dawson 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 | Dawson, Kidder County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.868595°N, 99.751495°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58428 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dawson, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dawson, 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 Dawson includes coordinates 46.868595°N, 99.751495°W, situated in Kidder County. ZIP code 58428. 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.
