Milton, North Dakota Weather
Milton, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Milton, Cavalier County.
Full aviation weather for Milton is published on the Robertson Field (KD55) page, 29 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. 5 airfields within reach of Milton 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 Milton: Park River W C Skjerven Field (KY37) 32 km · Cavalier Municipal Airport (K2C8) 35 km · Walhalla Municipal Airport (K96D) 36 km · Hutson Field (KGAF) 55 km
Conditions reported at KD55 describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Milton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Milton.
About Milton, North Dakota
Milton rests beneath a vast, indifferent sky, its low-slung buildings a scattering of hardy structures against the immense sweep of the North Dakota prairie. It lies 67.1 miles north-west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 317°T), and is situated 17.5 miles east-south-east of Langdon. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a rolling expanse of cultivated fields that stretch to horizons so wide they seem to swallow the sun whole, especially during the long, lingering twilights of late summer. The air itself, when it’s not biting with winter's chill, carries the dry, clean scent of harvested wheat and the faint, sweet perfume of wild prairie flowers that bloom defiantly in the ditches and along the unpaved roads. Even in the stillness, there is a sense of movement, a constant, almost imperceptible breath of wind that whispers across the open spaces, shaping the very character of Milton. The founding of Milton, like so many settlements in this part of the country, is a story etched in grit and the relentless pursuit of fertile soil. Agriculture remains the lifeblood, the golden waves of durum wheat and barley that ripple across the landscape dictating the rhythm of the year, from the hopeful green shoots of spring to the satisfying heft of the harvest. While the grand pronouncements of boom times may have faded, a quiet resilience defines the local economy; a network of grain elevators stands sentinel, monuments to this enduring industry, and the general store still serves as a de facto community hub. The sheer openness is a defining characteristic, a stark beauty that has drawn and kept a certain kind of soul, one that finds solace in the quietude and the profound, unadorned grandeur of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Milton 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 | Milton, Cavalier County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.626384°N, 98.042602°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58260 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Milton, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Milton, 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 Milton includes coordinates 48.626384°N, 98.042602°W, situated in Cavalier County. ZIP code 58260. 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.
