Makoti, North Dakota Weather
Makoti, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Makoti, Ward County.
Full aviation weather for Makoti is published on the Parshall Hankins Airport (KY74) page, 25 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 Makoti 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 Makoti: Garrison Municipal Airport (KD05) 44 km · Minot International Airport (KMOT) 51 km
Conditions reported at KY74 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Makoti specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Makoti.
About Makoti, North Dakota
Makoti rests on a prairie that exhales a vast, quiet breath under a sky that shifts from the pale blue of morning to the bruised purples of evening. It lies 30.0 miles south-west of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 232°T), and is situated 15.3 miles east of Parshall. The land here is a study in subtle contours, low swells that meet the horizon with a gentle, almost imperceptible rise, giving way to wide, open fields that stretch like rumpled blankets under the sun. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, a mingling of sun-baked earth and the faint sweetness of distant grasses, and in the late afternoon, the light slants low, painting the landscape in hues of ochre and soft gold, lending a temporary, luminous grace to the ordinary. This is a place shaped by the persistent work of agriculture, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the ebb and flow of life, and the economy is tied to the bounty of the soil. For generations, families have cultivated wheat and other grains across these plains, their endeavors etched into the very character of Makoti. The railroad, a vital artery for bringing goods in and taking harvests out, once hummed with a louder presence, a reminder of the town's early days as a hub for this fertile region. Though the pace has softened, the resilience of its people, who have weathered economic shifts and the solitude of open country, remains a quiet, enduring force in Makoti.
Live animated radar for Makoti 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 | Makoti, Ward County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.961121°N, 101.80461°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58756 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Makoti, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Makoti, 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 Makoti includes coordinates 47.961121°N, 101.804610°W, situated in Ward County. ZIP code 58756. 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.
