Minot AFB, North Dakota Weather
Minot AFB, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Minot AFB, Ward County.
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About Minot AFB, North Dakota
Minot AFB rests on a broad expanse of North Dakota prairie, a landscape that stretches to a horizon often softened by the vast, pale sky. It lies 13.1 miles north of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 354°T), and is situated 15.5 miles north-west of Surrey. The terrain here is a study in gentle, sweeping undulations, a land shaped by ancient glaciers and now primarily given over to agriculture. Fields of wheat and barley ripple like tawny seas under the wind, their golden stalks catching the sunlight with a dry, rustling whisper. Beyond these cultivated expanses, the land breaks into a more rugged beauty, hinting at the coulees and shallow valleys that lie just out of sight. In the quiet hours of dawn, a pearlescent mist often clings to the lower ground, lending a dreamlike quality to the otherwise starkly defined world. The presence of Minot AFB, a vital strategic installation, has profoundly shaped the character of this region of Ward County. Its establishment brought a unique economic driver to an area historically reliant on the bounty of the fertile earth, a stark contrast to the military operations that now define its immediate surroundings. The economy still bears the imprint of its agricultural roots, with the hum of machinery in distant fields a constant reminder of the land’s enduring significance. Yet, the air traffic overhead, a steady stream of aircraft, speaks of a different kind of power, a modern purpose that coexists with the timeless rhythms of the prairie. This duality, the blending of the agricultural and the aerospace, gives Minot AFB its distinctive identity.
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| Location | Minot AFB, Ward County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.420884°N, 101.326404°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58704, 58705 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Minot AFB, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Minot AFB, 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 Minot AFB includes coordinates 48.420884°N, 101.326404°W, situated in Ward County. ZIP code 58704, 58705. 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. 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.
