New Town, North Dakota Weather
New Town, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for New Town, Mountrail County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for New Town.
About New Town, North Dakota
New Town sits under a vast North Dakota sky, a place where the land stretches out with a patient, unbroken expanse. It lies 53.3 miles east-south-east of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 102°T), and is situated 16.5 miles west of Parshall. The terrain here is a subtle, rolling prairie, a landscape of grasses that whisper under the wind and the occasional sturdy, wind-bent tree. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, washes the fields in hues of gold and amber, a light that feels both ancient and immediate. The air carries the clean scent of soil and distance, a bracing coolness that hints at the long winters and the vibrant, brief summers. There is a quiet tenacity to this land, a resilience that mirrors the character of the people who call New Town home. This locality owes much of its modern existence to the discovery of oil, a powerful current that has reshaped its economy and brought a dynamic pulse to the otherwise tranquil prairie. The legacy of the oil boom is etched into the very fabric of New Town, a story of boom and bust, of rapid growth and the enduring spirit of a community built on hard work and resourcefulness. While the fields still hold their agricultural sway, the hum of industry is an undeniable presence, a modern counterpoint to the historical echoes of homesteading and the enduring connection to the land. This blend of tradition and progress gives New Town a distinctive character, a place where the future is always being forged on the foundations of the past.
Live animated radar for New Town 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.
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| Location | New Town, Mountrail County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.980848°N, 102.49018°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58763 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Town, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Town, 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 New Town includes coordinates 47.980848°N, 102.490180°W, situated in Mountrail County. ZIP code 58763. 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.
