Oxbow, North Dakota Weather
Oxbow, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oxbow, Cass County.
Full aviation weather for Oxbow is published on the Hamry Field (KK74) page, 15 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. 6 airfields within reach of Oxbow 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 Oxbow: Moorhead Municipal Airport (KJKJ) 22 km · West Fargo Municipal Airport (KD54) 27 km · Hector International Airport (KFAR) 28 km · Casselton Robert Miller Regional Airport (K5N8) 36 km · Harry Stern Airport (KBWP) 50 km
Conditions reported at KK74 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oxbow specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oxbow.
About Oxbow, North Dakota
Oxbow rests on a broad, fertile plain, a place where the earth itself seems to breathe a slow, steady rhythm under an immense sky. It lies 14.0 miles south of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 188°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-east of Horace. The land here is a vast canvas of cultivated fields, stretching out in swathes of emerald and gold, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that stand like stoic sentinels against the horizon. A palpable sense of quietude pervades the air, a stillness that hums with the unseen life of the prairie – the whisper of wind through tall grasses, the distant call of a meadowlark. The very light at dusk seems to hold a special quality, a soft, diffused glow that gilds the edges of the world, turning the ordinary into something subtly luminous. This is a place shaped by the enduring spirit of agriculture, where generations have worked the rich soil that defines Oxbow’s character and its economy. The Red River Valley’s bounty, evident in the orderly rows of crops, has long been the lifeblood of this community, fostering a hardy resilience in its people. The history of settlement, of homesteaders carving a life from this open country, is etched not in grand monuments, but in the very way the land is tended, in the enduring strength of the farmsteads that dot the landscape. There’s a deep, unassuming pride here, a quiet understanding of the cycles of nature and the rewards of honest labor that connects the present to the past, a subtle echo of the pioneers who first found their footing in this fertile expanse.
Live animated radar for Oxbow 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 | Oxbow, Cass County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.672822°N, 96.810021°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58047 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oxbow, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oxbow, 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 Oxbow includes coordinates 46.672822°N, 96.810021°W, situated in Cass County. ZIP code 58047. 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.
