Devils Lake, North Dakota Weather
Devils Lake, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Devils Lake, Ramsey County.
Full aviation weather for Devils Lake is published on the Devils Lake Regional Airport (KDVL) page, 2 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 Devils Lake 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 Devils Lake: Lakota Municipal Airport (K5L0) 42 km · Leeds Municipal Airport (KD31) 44 km · Cando Municipal Airport (K9D7) 49 km · Tomlinson Field (K8J7) 50 km
Conditions reported at KDVL describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Devils Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Devils Lake.
About Devils Lake, North Dakota
Devils Lake sprawls across a landscape sculpted by ancient waters, a vast basin where the sky seems to stretch forever. It lies 86.2 miles west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 279°T), and is situated 10.6 miles north-north-east of Fort Totten. Here, the land breathes with a quiet resilience, rolling plains giving way to the shimmering expanse of the lake itself, its shores a mosaic of reeds and sandy stretches. Summer afternoons are painted with a potent, buttery light that softens the edges of the world, while winter descends with a stark, crystalline beauty, the air biting and pure. The character of Devils Lake is etched in this interplay of light and land, a place where the horizon feels both an invitation and a boundary, and the wind carries the whispers of endless skies. This is a place where the rhythms of agriculture have long dictated the pulse of life, wheat fields and soybean rows stretching to meet the distant blue. The lake, once a much smaller entity, has seen its fortunes ebb and flow, its waters a source of both livelihood and challenge for generations. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of a new beginning, found a stark beauty in this prairie expanse, their stories now a gentle undercurrent to the modern hum of commerce and community. Today, Devils Lake draws visitors seeking the solace of its waters, the thrill of its fishing, and the quiet charm of a town that cherishes its connection to the land and the expansive spirit of the North Dakota plains.
Live animated radar for Devils Lake 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 | Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.112248°N, 98.876031°W |
| Timezone | Central Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58301 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Devils Lake, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Devils Lake, 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 Devils Lake includes coordinates 48.112248°N, 98.876031°W, situated in Ramsey County. ZIP code 58301. Telephone area code: 701. Timezone: Central Time.
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.
