Ellendale, North Dakota Weather
Ellendale, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ellendale, Dickey County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ellendale.
About Ellendale, North Dakota
Ellendale rests on the broad, welcoming shoulders of the North Dakota prairie, a place where the sky feels like a boundless canvas and the horizon stretches with an almost audacious simplicity. It lies 37.2 miles north of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 357°T), and is situated 22.9 miles west-south-west of Oakes. The land here is a study in subtle shifts, not dramatic peaks and valleys, but a gentle, rolling terrain that invites the eye to wander and the spirit to settle. Fields of amber grain, gold under the high sun, give way to pastures where cattle graze with a placid indifference to the vastness above. The air itself carries a clean, crisp scent, tinged with the dry earth and the distant promise of rain, and in the late afternoon, the light can take on a honeyed quality, deepening the shadows and lending a quiet dignity to the low-slung buildings. The story of Ellendale is one of resilience and quiet persistence, a testament to the pioneers who saw potential in this wide-open country. Founded in the late 19th century, its early economy was intrinsically tied to the fertile soil, with agriculture remaining a cornerstone of life in Ellendale to this day. Wheat and corn are the familiar rhythms of its working landscape, their cultivation dictating the seasons and the flow of life. Beyond the fields, a sense of community prevails, a shared understanding forged by shared experiences and a mutual respect for the land that sustains them. There's a quiet pride in Ellendale's heritage, a deep-rooted connection to its past that informs the present, a place where the echoes of horse-drawn plows can still be felt in the whisper of the wind across the plains.
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| Location | Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.00275°N, 98.527046°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58436 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ellendale, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ellendale, 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 Ellendale includes coordinates 46.002750°N, 98.527046°W, situated in Dickey County. ZIP code 58436. 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.
