Elgin, North Dakota Weather
Elgin, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elgin, Grant County.
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About Elgin, North Dakota
Elgin stretches across a broad expanse where the land begins to hint at the rolling contours of the Missouri Coteau. It lies 55.5 miles south-east of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 126°T), and is situated 23.0 miles east of Mott. The sky here is a vast, changeable presence, often a pale wash of blue that can, with startling speed, deepen to an intense sapphire, casting sharp, defined shadows across the fields. The terrain is a study in subtle shifts: gentle rises give way to shallow draws, the land sculpted by wind and rain over millennia, not by dramatic geological upheaval. During late summer, the air hangs thick and still, carrying the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked grasses and the distant hum of agricultural machinery. The houses of Elgin, widely spaced and often painted in muted earth tones, seem to absorb the light, appearing almost as extensions of the landscape itself. The roots of Elgin are deeply entwined with the agricultural heartland of North Dakota, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of life. Its economy has long been tethered to the cultivation of wheat and other grains, the golden fields stretching towards the horizon like an endless, rippling sea. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil, established a community that has weathered the booms and busts of agricultural cycles with quiet resilience. While no grand monuments mark its history, the enduring spirit of self-sufficiency and neighborly support is palpable, a quiet tradition carried forward in the everyday interactions of its residents.
Live animated radar for Elgin and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Elgin, Grant County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.403896°N, 101.845979°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58533 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elgin, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elgin, 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 Elgin includes coordinates 46.403896°N, 101.845979°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 58533. Telephone area code: 701. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
