Litchville, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Litchville, Barnes County.
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Litchville unfolds across a landscape of generous, sweeping plains, the kind where the horizon seems to stretch into an endless, whispered promise. It lies 63.1 miles west-south-west of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 256°T), and is situated 20.7 miles south-south-west of Valley City. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle swell and dip that catches the light in ever-shifting patterns, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun bleeds gold across the stubble fields and the wind, a constant companion, rustles through the hardy prairie grasses. The air itself carries a crisp, clean scent, a blend of dry earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening grain, and the sky, an immense dome of cerulean or bruised twilight, feels like a living entity, vast and deeply breathing. Litchville, in its quiet repose, seems to draw its character from this very expanse, a place where the silence is not empty but full, pregnant with the stories carried on the wind. The history of Litchville is bound to the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations, its local economy intrinsically linked to the bounty of agriculture, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who first coaxed life from this seemingly untamed earth. Wheat fields, stretching like golden oceans under the wide North Dakota sky, are the heart of Litchville’s prosperity, their cycles dictating the rhythm of life here. Though the days of vast cattle drives and burgeoning railway towns have long since receded, a quiet pride in the land and its harvest still permeates the community, a deep-seated connection to the cycles of planting and reaping. The architecture of Litchville, though humble, often possesses a sturdy, unpretentious beauty, reflecting the practicality and resilience of its people, and the occasional splash of vibrant color from a well-tended garden or a freshly painted storefront hints at a quiet, persistent joy.
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| Location | Litchville, Barnes County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.65359°N, 98.194262°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58461 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Litchville, North Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Litchville includes coordinates 46.653590°N, 98.194262°W, situated in Barnes County. ZIP code 58461. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.