Fairdale, North Dakota Weather
Fairdale, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairdale, Walsh County.
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About Fairdale, North Dakota
Fairdale unfolds across a broad, flat expanse where the sky feels like an infinite canvas, painted with the pale blues of morning and the bruised purples of approaching dusk. It lies 67.6 miles north-west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 306°T), and is situated 19.6 miles south-south-east of Langdon. The land itself is a testament to patient cultivation, a patchwork of fields stretching to horizons that seem to recede with every glance. Here, the air carries the faint, dry scent of harvested grain and the sharp, clean promise of rain, a scent that clings to the weathered wood of farmhouses and the corrugated tin roofs of outbuildings. The silence is profound, broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the mournful cry of a hawk circling lazily overhead, a sound that seems to amplify the vastness of the open country. The roots of Fairdale are deeply entwined with the fertile soil, a history forged in the relentless pursuit of agriculture that has shaped its very character. For generations, families have worked this land, their lives marked by the turning of seasons and the bounty of wheat and barley, the economic lifeblood of Fairdale flowing through the grain elevators that stand like stoic sentinels against the sky. The town itself is a collection of practical structures, built for endurance rather than display, a reflection of the no-nonsense spirit of its inhabitants. Though not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling crowds, Fairdale possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of enduring presence that resonates in the steady hum of everyday life.
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| Location | Fairdale, Walsh County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.490832°N, 98.231219°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58229 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairdale, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairdale, 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 Fairdale includes coordinates 48.490832°N, 98.231219°W, situated in Walsh County. ZIP code 58229. 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.
