Golden Valley, North Dakota Weather
Golden Valley, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Golden Valley, Mercer County.
Full aviation weather for Golden Valley is published on the Beulah Airport (K95D) page, 19 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. 4 airfields within reach of Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley: Mercer County Regional Airport (KHZE) 36 km · Weydahl Field (K9Y1) 54 km · Glen Ullin Regional Airport (KD57) 55 km
Conditions reported at K95D describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Golden Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Golden Valley.
About Golden Valley, North Dakota
Golden Valley unfolds as a broad, shallow basin, a gentle dip in the North Dakota prairie where the land exhales. It lies 44.4 miles north-east of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 50°T), and is situated 13.6 miles west of Beulah. The sky here is an enormous, ever-present entity, its blue a washed-out denim in the high summer and a bruised, dramatic canvas before a snow squall. The terrain is a study in subtle shifts of contour, low, rounded hills giving way to wide expanses of grassland punctuated by the stoic shapes of distant farmsteads. The air, particularly in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a crisp, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild sagebrush, a fragrance that clings to the stillness. This is a landscape that doesn't shout its beauty; it whispers it in the way the light pools in the hollows or the way the wind sculpts the grasses into flowing, golden waves. The history of Golden Valley is as deeply rooted in the soil as the native grasses that still carpet much of its expanse. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land, established homesteads and communities that have weathered the harsh winters and scorching summers, forging a resilience that defines the local character. The economy, historically tied to agriculture, continues to revolve around the cultivation of wheat, barley, and sunflowers, the vast fields a testament to the enduring partnership between human endeavor and the land. While the population is modest, the spirit of Golden Valley is robust, characterized by a quiet self-sufficiency and a deep appreciation for the open spaces and the unhurried rhythm of life. The absence of grand monuments is compensated by the profound beauty of the natural world, the enduring legacy of the prairie etched not in stone, but in the very fabric of the earth.
Live animated radar for Golden Valley 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 | Golden Valley, Mercer County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.290842°N, 102.064617°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58541 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Golden Valley, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Golden Valley, 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 Golden Valley includes coordinates 47.290842°N, 102.064617°W, situated in Mercer County. ZIP code 58541. Telephone area code: 701. Timezone: Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah).
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.
