Finley, North Dakota Weather
Finley, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Finley, Steele County.
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About Finley, North Dakota
Finley lies like a quiet thought upon the broad, sweeping canvas of North Dakota's prairie. It lies 46.9 miles south-west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 233°T), and is situated 19.7 miles south-west of Northwood. The land here unfolds in vast, unbroken expanses, a gentle undulation of fertile soil that stretches to meet a sky that seems impossibly wide, especially when the sun dips low, painting the western horizon in hues of molten gold and bruised plum. The air itself carries a crispness, a scent of sun-baked earth and distant, ripening grain, a palpable breath of the immense agricultural heartland. Few trees break the horizon, save for the occasional, determined cluster around farmsteads, their silhouettes stark against the immense sky, like sentinels guarding the cultivated fields. This is a place where the history of the American homestead is written not in stone, but in the enduring spirit of those who coaxed life from this seemingly stark but deeply generous earth. Finley's story is one of grit and perseverance, of families who arrived with little more than hope and a plow, establishing the agricultural roots that continue to define its economy. Wheat, corn, and soybeans are the silent monarchs here, their golden and green seas rippling under the ceaseless wind, a testament to the enduring partnership between the farmer and the land. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the quiet hum of combines during harvest season, the scent of diesel mingling with the sweet perfume of cut grain, speaks volumes of the enduring legacy of this hardworking prairie settlement.
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| Location | Finley, Steele County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.514158°N, 97.835925°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58230 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Finley, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Finley, 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 Finley includes coordinates 47.514158°N, 97.835925°W, situated in Steele County. ZIP code 58230. 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.
