Drake, North Dakota Weather
Drake, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Drake, McHenry County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Drake.
About Drake, North Dakota
Drake rests on a broad, level expanse where the prairie rolls out, a seemingly endless canvas under a sky that often seems to possess an almost impossible depth. It lies 47.7 miles east-south-east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 116°T), and is situated 22.9 miles west-north-west of Harvey. The land itself is a study in subtle textures; fields of wheat and barley, rippling like golden oceans when the wind passes, give way to the darker, richer soil of fallow land, awaiting its turn. The air here carries a crispness, especially in the long twilight hours when the sun dips below the horizon, painting the western sky in hues of bruised plum and molten gold, a quiet spectacle that stills the world. The houses of Drake, modest and sturdy, seem to hunker down against the vastness, their windows catching the last light, small beacons in the encroaching dusk. The history of Drake is written in the grain elevators that stand sentinel, relics of a time when wheat was king and the railroad was the artery of life, connecting this prairie settlement to the wider world. The local economy, still largely tethered to agriculture, feels the pulse of the seasons, from the hopeful green shoots of spring to the satisfying yield of harvest. The landscape itself, shaped by glaciers long ago, offers a quiet, unassuming beauty; there are no dramatic peaks or roaring rivers, but rather a profound sense of space and an enduring connection to the earth. Evenings in Drake carry a particular quietude, a gentle slowing that allows for contemplation of the stars, which, unburdened by city lights, blaze with an astonishing clarity.
Live animated radar for Drake 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 | Drake, McHenry County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.924169°N, 100.37236°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58736 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Drake, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drake, North Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Drake includes coordinates 47.924169°N, 100.372360°W, situated in McHenry County. ZIP code 58736. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
