Oriska, North Dakota Weather
Oriska, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oriska, Barnes County.
Full aviation weather for Oriska is published on the Barnes County Municipal Airport (KBAC) page, 17 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 Oriska 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 Oriska: Casselton Robert Miller Regional Airport (K5N8) 45 km · Cooperstown Municipal Airport (KS32) 60 km
Conditions reported at KBAC describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oriska specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oriska.
About Oriska, North Dakota
Oriska unfurls across a landscape shaped by the patient hand of wind and water, where the earth exhales a scent of turned soil and distant prairie grass. It lies 42.1 miles west of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 276°T), and is situated 10.1 miles east of Valley City. The terrain here is a gentle swell and dip, a subtle topography that offers broad horizons and a sky that feels impossibly vast, especially in the bruised hues of twilight. Fields of amber and emerald stretch to meet the horizon, divided by the straight, unyielding lines of country roads that seem to promise an endless journey. The air itself possesses a certain clarity, a crispness that carries the murmur of cicadas on a summer afternoon and the sharp bite of winter on a frozen dawn. Life in Oriska moves with a quiet deliberation, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the steady work of the land. The history of Oriska is bound to the fertile soil that has sustained its inhabitants for generations, a legacy of agriculture that forms the backbone of its local economy. This is a place where the grain elevator, a silent sentinel against the immense sky, still stands as a monument to the bounty of the prairie, a hub of activity where the hum of machinery and the rustle of harvested crops speak of sustenance and livelihood. The resilience of those who first settled here, carving a life from this open expanse, is a story echoed in the weathered barns and the steadfast spirit of the people who continue to call Oriska home. Though not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling crowds, its distinct character is etched into the quiet dignity of its streets and the enduring connection to the earth that defines this particular corner of North Dakota.
Live animated radar for Oriska 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 | Oriska, Barnes County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.930533°N, 97.788992°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58063 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oriska, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oriska, 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 Oriska includes coordinates 46.930533°N, 97.788992°W, situated in Barnes County. ZIP code 58063. 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.
