Douglas, North Dakota Weather
Douglas, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Douglas, Ward County.
Full aviation weather for Douglas is published on the Garrison Municipal Airport (KD05) page, 23 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. 3 airfields within reach of Douglas 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 Douglas: Minot International Airport (KMOT) 48 km · Parshall Hankins Airport (KY74) 48 km
Conditions reported at KD05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Douglas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Douglas.
About Douglas, North Dakota
Douglas is a place where the prairie unfolds with a hushed grandeur. It lies 27.6 miles south-south-west of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 200°T), and is situated 14.7 miles north-north-west of Garrison. The land rolls gently, a vast canvas of tawny grasses and stubbled fields that stretch towards a horizon that seems to bleed into the sky, especially in the late afternoon when the sun casts long, amber shadows. The air here, crisp and carrying the scent of dry earth and distant hay, has a clarity that sharpens the senses, making the distant calls of unseen birds sound impossibly close. Few trees break the sweeping expanse, leaving the sky to dominate, a boundless dome that shifts through a thousand shades of blue and grey, a constant, quiet spectacle. There's a stillness to Douglas, a profound quietude that allows the land itself to speak, its subtle textures and muted colors composing a landscape of understated beauty. The history of Douglas is as deeply rooted as the prairie grasses, a testament to the hardy souls who settled this land with dreams of cultivation. Its economy, long tied to the rhythm of the seasons and the yield of the soil, still hums with the pulse of agriculture, the grain elevators standing like sentinels against the vast sky, catching the sunlight in their metal skins. Remnants of earlier days, perhaps a weathered barn or a forgotten fence line, whisper of the generations who worked this earth, their lives etched into the very character of Douglas. While the modern world has brought new currents, the enduring spirit of self-reliance and community, born from the challenges of this open country, remains the bedrock of life here, a quiet strength that defines the enduring nature of Douglas.
Live animated radar for Douglas 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 | Douglas, Ward County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.857226°N, 101.502941°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58735 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Douglas, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Douglas, 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 Douglas includes coordinates 47.857226°N, 101.502941°W, situated in Ward County. ZIP code 58735. 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.
