Lehr, North Dakota Weather
Lehr, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lehr, McIntosh County.
Full aviation weather for Lehr is published on the Wishek Municipal Airport (K6L5) page, 15 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 Lehr 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 Lehr: Ashley Municipal Airport (KASY) 28 km · Eureka Municipal Airport (K3W8) 58 km
Conditions reported at K6L5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lehr specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lehr.
About Lehr, North Dakota
Lehr, a quiet sentinel on the North Dakota prairie, unfolds under a sky that stretches to an almost unbearable horizon. It lies 70.0 miles north-west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 324°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east of Wishek. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a vast, unbroken expanse where the earth exhales a scent of dry grasses and distant rain. Fields of wheat and barley, golden and green in their seasonal turn, ripple like a slow-motion ocean under the caress of the wind, their boundaries softened by the hazy embrace of distance. The air itself possesses a crystalline clarity, sharp and clean, carrying the faint hum of insect life and the occasional mournful cry of a hawk circling high above. Even in the midday sun, a certain stillness pervades, a profound quietude that seems to absorb all clamor, leaving only the elemental presence of sky and soil. The story of Lehr is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the fertile ground that sustains them. Originally a stop along a now-vanished railway line, its genesis is woven into the narrative of agricultural pioneers seeking their fortune on these sweeping plains. The economy here remains tethered to the land, a testament to generations who have coaxed sustenance from the rich soil through diligent farming. While modern life brings its conveniences, the heart of Lehr beats with a steady, unhurried rhythm, a reflection of a place where community is as vital as the crops that define its landscape. The golden hour, when the sun dips low, casts a long, ethereal glow across the fields, transforming the ordinary into something imbued with a quiet, luminous magic, a beauty that whispers of resilience and the enduring strength of the prairie spirit.
Live animated radar for Lehr 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 | Lehr, McIntosh County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.279694°N, 99.352334°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58460 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lehr, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lehr, 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 Lehr includes coordinates 46.279694°N, 99.352334°W, situated in McIntosh County. ZIP code 58460. 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.
