Montpelier, North Dakota Weather
Montpelier, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Montpelier, Stutsman County.
Full aviation weather for Montpelier is published on the Jamestown Regional Airport (KJMS) page, 26 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. 3 airfields within reach of Montpelier 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 Montpelier: Lamoure Rott Municipal Airport (K4F9) 46 km · Barnes County Municipal Airport (KBAC) 51 km
Conditions reported at KJMS describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Montpelier specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Montpelier.
About Montpelier, North Dakota
Montpelier, a quiet sentinel on the North Dakota plains, exhales a stillness that seems to absorb the vastness of the prairie sky. It lies 80.8 miles west of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 262°T), and is situated 15.6 miles south-south-east of Jamestown. The land here is a testament to the patient sculpting of wind and water, a rolling expanse of golden grasses that ripple like a slow-motion ocean under the sun. Fields of wheat and corn, meticulously tended, stretch to horizons so distant they blur into the soft blue haze of afternoon. In the summer, the air hums with the drone of unseen insects and carries the sweet, dry scent of sun-baked earth, a fragrance that clings to everything. The few scattered farmsteads, their white-painted barns stark against the green and gold, appear as lonely islands in this sea of cultivated land, each a small universe unto itself. The roots of Montpelier run deep into the rich soil, a history tied to the agricultural backbone of the region. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land, laid the foundations for a community that has always understood the quiet tenacity required to coax life from the prairie. The local economy, historically and presently, is inextricably linked to the bounty of the land, with farming and ranching forming the core of its livelihood. Though small, Montpelier possesses a distinct character, a resilience forged in the face of harsh winters and the solitary nature of prairie existence. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, a steady beat of planting, growing, and harvesting, punctuated by the occasional gathering at the local church or community hall, where stories are shared and friendships are renewed under the wide, watchful gaze of the endless sky.
Live animated radar for Montpelier 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 | Montpelier, Stutsman County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.70026°N, 98.590096°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58472 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Montpelier, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Montpelier, 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 Montpelier includes coordinates 46.700260°N, 98.590096°W, situated in Stutsman County. ZIP code 58472. 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.
