Mapleton, North Dakota Weather
Mapleton, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mapleton, Cass County.
Full aviation weather for Mapleton is published on the West Fargo Municipal Airport (KD54) page, 10 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. 6 airfields within reach of Mapleton 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 Mapleton: Casselton Robert Miller Regional Airport (K5N8) 12 km · Hector International Airport (KFAR) 18 km · Hamry Field (KK74) 27 km · Moorhead Municipal Airport (KJKJ) 30 km · Hillsboro Municipal Airport (K3H4) 52 km
Conditions reported at KD54 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mapleton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mapleton.
About Mapleton, North Dakota
Mapleton unfolds across a landscape of broad, fertile plains, where the horizon stretches with an almost startling generosity, a canvas painted in shades of ochre and deep green under an immense sky. It lies 7.3 miles west of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 278°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east of Casselton. The land here is a vast, breathing entity, its gentle swells and dips speaking of ancient glacial movements, now smoothed into a quiet, rolling terrain that seems to cradle the very air. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, often falls in broad, luminous shafts, illuminating the rich, dark soil of the fields and lending a certain ephemeral glow to the scattered farmsteads. The wind, a constant companion, whispers through the tall grasses and rustles the leaves of the few scattered trees, carrying with it the scent of turned earth and distant rain, a subtle perfume unique to the northern prairie. This is a place where the echoes of settlement are still palpable, a community built on the enduring promise of the land and the resilience of its people. Mapleton's story is intrinsically tied to the agricultural bounty of Cass County, its economy long rooted in the cultivation of wheat, corn, and soybeans, crops that thrive under the region’s distinct seasons. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the planting and harvest, a cycle that has shaped the character of Mapleton and its inhabitants, fostering a deep sense of pragmatism and quiet determination. While modern industries have found a foothold, the heart of Mapleton still beats to the steady pulse of agriculture, a connection evident in the sturdy grain elevators that punctuate the skyline and the weathered barns that stand sentinel over the fields.
Live animated radar for Mapleton 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 | Mapleton, Cass County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.889138°N, 97.052587°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58059 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mapleton, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mapleton, 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 Mapleton includes coordinates 46.889138°N, 97.052587°W, situated in Cass County. ZIP code 58059. 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.
