Mooreton, North Dakota Weather
Mooreton, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mooreton, Richland County.
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About Mooreton, North Dakota
Mooreton unfolds across a landscape that feels as ancient as the sky above it, a gentle swell of prairie land where the horizon stretches out with an almost audacious clarity. It lies 41.9 miles south of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 178°T), and is situated 12.9 miles west of Wahpeton. Fields of corn and soybeans, stitched together by the stark, straight lines of fence posts, dominate the view, their green and gold hues shifting with the sun's long arc across the heavens. Here, the air carries a constant, subtle hum of wind, a living breath that rustles through the tall grasses at the edges of the cultivated fields and whispers secrets through the sparse clusters of cottonwood trees that offer the only significant vertical interruption to the vast, flat expanse. The light, particularly as the day begins to wane, washes over Mooreton in a soft, golden tide, gilding the edges of the farmhouses and barns and casting long, blue shadows that stretch and deepen across the open ground. The history of Mooreton is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land for generations, their lives intertwined with the cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy, like that of so many places across this wide prairie, is rooted deeply in agriculture, with the bounty of the soil providing a steady, if sometimes challenging, livelihood. You can still sense the echoes of earlier settlers who, with grit and determination, broke ground and established the homesteads that now dot the landscape, their stories woven into the very character of Mooreton. While there are no towering edifices or bustling marketplaces, there is a quiet dignity to the way life moves here, a sense of community built on shared experiences and the enduring connection to the earth.
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| Location | Mooreton, Richland County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.26857°N, 96.876192°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58061 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mooreton, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mooreton, 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 Mooreton includes coordinates 46.268570°N, 96.876192°W, situated in Richland County. ZIP code 58061. 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.
