Gardner, North Dakota Weather
Gardner, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gardner, Cass County.
Full aviation weather for Gardner is published on the Hillsboro Municipal Airport (K3H4) page, 25 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 Gardner 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 Gardner: West Fargo Municipal Airport (KD54) 28 km · Hector International Airport (KFAR) 28 km · Casselton Robert Miller Regional Airport (K5N8) 37 km · Moorhead Municipal Airport (KJKJ) 41 km · Hamry Field (KK74) 56 km
Conditions reported at K3H4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gardner specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gardner.
About Gardner, North Dakota
Gardner rests upon the sweeping expanse of North Dakota's Red River Valley, a place where the sky feels impossibly vast and the land stretches out in a tapestry of cultivated fields. It lies 19.1 miles north of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 350°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-north-west of Argusville. The horizon here is a clean, unwavering line, broken only by the distant, stoic silhouettes of farmsteads and the occasional cluster of trees. In the summer, the air hums with the drone of insects and the scent of ripening crops, a rich, earthy perfume that clings to everything. Dusk paints the western sky in bruised purples and fiery oranges, a slow, deliberate performance that spills across the flat terrain, lending a profound, quiet beauty to the everyday. The lifeblood of Gardner has always been the fertile soil, a legacy of the ancient glacial lake that once covered this land, now a patchwork quilt of wheat, corn, and soybeans. Its history is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of the agricultural communities that have worked this ground for generations, their lives interwoven with the cycles of planting and harvest. Small businesses, many of them family-owned, form the backbone of the local economy, their storefronts lining quiet streets that speak of a steady, unhurried pace. The distinctive character of Gardner emerges from this deep connection to the land, a resilient pragmatism that finds its quiet moments of joy in the shared experience of prairie living.
Live animated radar for Gardner 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 | Gardner, Cass County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.147197°N, 96.967861°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58036 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gardner, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gardner, 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 Gardner includes coordinates 47.147197°N, 96.967861°W, situated in Cass County. ZIP code 58036. 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.
