Emerado, North Dakota Weather
Emerado, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Emerado, Grand Forks County.
Full aviation weather for Emerado is published on the Grand Forks Air Force Base (KRDR) page, 5 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. 6 airfields within reach of Emerado 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 Emerado: Grand Forks International Airport (KGFK) 14 km · Northwood Municipal Airpiort - Vince Field (K4V4) 27 km · Minto Municipal Airport (KD06) 42 km · Hutson Field (KGAF) 54 km · Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field (KCKN) 56 km
Conditions reported at KRDR describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Emerado specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Emerado.
About Emerado, North Dakota
Emerado rests in the broad, sweeping expanse of the Red River Valley, a landscape defined by horizons that stretch further than the eye can comfortably hold. It lies 15.4 miles west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 268°T), and is situated 2.5 miles south-south-east of Grand Forks AFB. Here, the land unfurls in vast, cultivated canvases of wheat and corn, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees clinging to life along the shallow ditches that serve as a watery pulse for the fields. The sky above is a character in itself, a boundless dome that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, casting long, dramatic shadows that stretch across the seemingly endless flatlands. The air, especially in the quiet hours before dawn, carries a crispness that speaks of the northern latitude, a clean, untainted breath that fills the lungs. The history of Emerado is written in the soil and the resilience of its people, a story of homesteaders who wrestled a living from this fertile, yet demanding, terrain. The local economy, long rooted in the rich black earth, continues to draw its strength from agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels along the railway lines that once brought prosperity and still carry the harvest. While the population may be modest, a strong sense of community prevails, a quiet interconnectedness fostered by shared seasons of planting and harvest, and the enduring spirit of those who chose to build their lives on this prairie. Visitors might find a simple, unpretentious charm in Emerado, a place where the pace of life is dictated by the sun and the seasons, and where the vastness of the landscape encourages a contemplative pause.
Live animated radar for Emerado 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 | Emerado, Grand Forks County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.918875°N, 97.365084°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58228 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Emerado, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Emerado, 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 Emerado includes coordinates 47.918875°N, 97.365084°W, situated in Grand Forks County. ZIP code 58228. 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.
