McLeod, North Dakota Weather
McLeod, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McLeod, Ransom County.
Full aviation weather for McLeod is published on the Gwinner Roger Melroe Field (KGWR) page, 33 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. 4 airfields within reach of McLeod 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 McLeod: Hamry Field (KK74) 36 km · Casselton Robert Miller Regional Airport (K5N8) 52 km · Harry Stern Airport (KBWP) 56 km
Conditions reported at KGWR describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at McLeod specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for McLeod.
About McLeod, North Dakota
McLeod squats low on the prairie, a scattering of buildings bleached by sun and wind. It lies 38.3 miles south-south-west of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 210°T), and is situated 18.5 miles east of Lisbon. The land itself is a study in muted greens and browns, a vast, unbroken canvas stretching to horizons that seem to melt into the pale sky. Here, the wind is a constant companion, rustling through the dry grasses and whispering secrets across the flat expanse. The air, especially at dusk, carries a peculiar stillness, a deep exhale of the day's heat that settles over the fields like a fine dust. There are no dramatic peaks or valleys, only the subtle, rolling contours of a land shaped by glaciers and the patient work of water, a terrain that feels both ancient and perpetually unfinished. The history of McLeod is written in the grain elevators that still stand sentinel, relics of a time when the railroad was king and wheat was the lifeblood of this place. The local economy, like so many prairie settlements, is tied to the land, to the cycles of planting and harvest, to the enduring strength of the soil. It’s a place where life moves at a different cadence, measured not by the frantic pulse of cities but by the slow turning of seasons. There are no grand monuments, no bustling attractions, but in the quiet resilience of its people and the stark beauty of its setting, McLeod offers its own profound testament to endurance.
Live animated radar for McLeod 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 | McLeod, Ransom County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.393575°N, 97.299535°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58057 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McLeod, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McLeod, 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 McLeod includes coordinates 46.393575°N, 97.299535°W, situated in Ransom County. ZIP code 58057. 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.
