Long Creek, North Dakota Weather
Long Creek, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Long Creek, Williams County.
Full aviation weather for Long Creek is published on the Watford City Municipal Airport (KS25) page, 34 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. 2 airfields within reach of Long Creek 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 Long Creek: Williston Basin International Airport (KXWA) 41 km
Conditions reported at KS25 describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Long Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Long Creek.
About Long Creek, North Dakota
Long Creek unfolds across a wide, embracing prairie, where the land rolls in soft, persistent swells under a sky that feels impossibly vast. It lies 16.9 miles east of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 101°T), and is situated 17.3 miles south-south-west of Ray. The soil, a rich, dark loam, yields to the subtle shaping of wind and water, creating shallow draws and gentle rises that define the horizon. Here, the air itself seems to hold a quiet patience, carrying the scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, sweet perfume of wildflowers in the summer months. Occasional clusters of cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant, shimmering green against the muted tones of the grassland, offer brief, welcome shade, their branches rustling with a sound like hushed secrets. The light at dusk paints the landscape in hues of apricot and rose, a fleeting, luminous spectacle that transforms the ordinary into something profound. The history of Long Creek is etched in the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed a living from this land, their legacy woven into the agricultural rhythm of the region. For generations, wheat and barley have been the lifeblood of Long Creek, their golden stalks bowing in unison under the summer sun, a silent testament to hard work and resilience. The local economy, intrinsically tied to the cycles of planting and harvest, maintains an unhurried cadence, a stark contrast to the frenetic pace of urban life. The few grain elevators that punctuate the landscape stand like stoic sentinels, their silos holding the bounty of the earth, a visual reminder of the town's agricultural heart. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet strength of its people, their deep connection to the land, and the enduring hum of farming machinery are the distinctive hallmarks of Long Creek.
Live animated radar for Long Creek 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 | Long Creek, Williams County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.101601°N, 103.258507°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58843 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Long Creek, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Creek, 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 Long Creek includes coordinates 48.101601°N, 103.258507°W, situated in Williams County. ZIP code 58843. 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.
