Medora, North Dakota Weather
Medora, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Medora, Billings County.
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About Medora, North Dakota
Medora unfurls itself against a dramatic backdrop of painted badlands, a vibrant splash of human endeavor against a canvas of ochre and sage. It lies 34.8 miles west of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 274°T), and is situated 15.5 miles west of Belfield. Here, the rugged earth rises and falls in an ancient, silent dance, sculpted by wind and water into formations that whisper tales of eons past. The air, when it settles, carries the clean, sharp scent of prairie grass and the distant murmur of the Little Missouri River, a lifeblood that winds its way through this striking landscape. Sunlight, a painter in its own right, spills across the undulating terrain, gilding the exposed strata in shades of russet and gold, transforming the ordinary into something profoundly beautiful, especially as the day begins its slow descent. This small settlement, Medora, carries the weighty legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, whose time spent here in the late 19th century profoundly shaped his connection to the American West. His profound respect for the wild, born from these very lands, echoes in the preserved Roosevelt Grand Entrance and the surrounding Theodore Roosevelt National Park, a sanctuary of bison, wild horses, and the enduring spirit of the frontier. The local economy, once tethered to the hardy pursuits of ranching and mining, now finds a significant pulse in the steady stream of visitors drawn to the raw, untamed beauty and the historical resonance of this place. The legacy of the Marquis de Mores, a French nobleman who once envisioned a vast cattle empire here, also imbues Medora with a unique, almost aristocratic, frontier charm, a fascinating counterpoint to the rugged simplicity of the land.
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| Location | Medora, Billings County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.913903°N, 103.524354°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58645 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Medora, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Medora, 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 Medora includes coordinates 46.913903°N, 103.524354°W, situated in Billings County. ZIP code 58645. Telephone area code: 701. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
