Forbes, North Dakota Weather
Forbes, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Forbes, Dickey County.
Full aviation weather for Forbes is published on the Ashley Municipal Airport (KASY) page, 45 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. 3 airfields within reach of Forbes 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 Forbes: Lamoure Rott Municipal Airport (K4F9) 59 km · Oakes Municipal Airport (K2D5) 60 km
Conditions reported at KASY describe the airfield itself. Weather 45 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Forbes specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Forbes.
About Forbes, North Dakota
Forbes rests on a gently rolling prairie, where the land stretches in broad, unbroken sweeps towards a horizon often softened by the haze of distant summer heat. It lies 36.0 miles north-north-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 337°T), and is situated 12.9 miles west-south-west of Ellendale. The sky above Forbes is a vast, ever-present entity, its moods dictating the character of the day, from the sharp, crystalline blue of autumn mornings to the bruised, dramatic purples of an approaching thunderstorm. Fields of wheat and corn, their stalks rustling like whispered secrets in the prairie wind, carve a patchwork quilt across the landscape, punctuated by the occasional cluster of sturdy farmhouses and weathered barns. Even in the stillness of midday, a subtle vibrancy hums through the air, a quiet energy born of the earth and the endless sky. The history of Forbes is etched not in grand monuments, but in the resilience of its people and the enduring strength of its agricultural roots. For generations, this land has sustained families who have coaxed life from the fertile soil, their livelihoods tied to the cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy, though modest, is a testament to this enduring connection, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels of the bounty produced. While Forbes may not boast bustling avenues or famed institutions, its distinctiveness lies in the quiet dignity of its existence, a place where the rhythm of life is measured by the changing seasons and the honest work of its inhabitants, a place that feels both deeply rooted and perpetually open to the horizon.
Live animated radar for Forbes 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 | Forbes, Dickey County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45.943585°N, 98.782048°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58439 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Forbes, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forbes, 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 Forbes includes coordinates 45.943585°N, 98.782048°W, situated in Dickey County. ZIP code 58439. 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.
