Great Bend, North Dakota Weather
Great Bend, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Great Bend, Richland County.
Full aviation weather for Great Bend is published on the Harry Stern Airport (KBWP) page, 18 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. 5 airfields within reach of Great Bend 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 Great Bend: Wheaton Municipal Airport (KETH) 46 km · Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field (KFFM) 52 km · Sisseton Municipal Airport (K8D3) 56 km · Hamry Field (KK74) 57 km
Conditions reported at KBWP describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Great Bend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Great Bend.
About Great Bend, North Dakota
Great Bend lies embraced by the gentle curve of the Sheyenne River, its fertile plains stretching out under a sky that feels impossibly vast. It lies 49.8 miles south of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 182°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-east of Hankinson. The land here is a canvas of muted greens and golds, punctuated by the darker, richer hues of tilled fields and the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that line the waterway. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crispness that hints at the long, cold winters, but in the summer months, it softens, carrying the scent of ripening grain and damp earth. The quiet hum of distant machinery is often the loudest sound, a testament to the working heart of this prairie landscape. This is a place where the echoes of homesteaders still resonate, their resilience etched into the very character of Great Bend. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, thrives on the rich soil that has sustained generations, its bounty harvested and shipped to markets near and far. The Sheyenne River, a lifeblood for the region, has not only shaped the terrain but also the lives of its inhabitants, offering both sustenance and a scenic backdrop to everyday existence. While the pace of life is unhurried, there's a quiet industriousness, a dedication to the land and its cycles that defines the spirit of Great Bend.
Live animated radar for Great Bend 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 | Great Bend, Richland County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.153847°N, 96.802023°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58075 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Great Bend, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Bend, 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 Great Bend includes coordinates 46.153847°N, 96.802023°W, situated in Richland County. ZIP code 58075. 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.
