Pekin, North Dakota Weather
Pekin, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pekin, Nelson County.
Full aviation weather for Pekin is published on the McVille Municipal Airport (K8M6) page, 11 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. 5 airfields within reach of Pekin 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 Pekin: Lakota Municipal Airport (K5L0) 26 km · Cooperstown Municipal Airport (KS32) 44 km · Northwood Municipal Airpiort - Vince Field (K4V4) 56 km · Devils Lake Regional Airport (KDVL) 56 km
Conditions reported at K8M6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pekin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pekin.
About Pekin, North Dakota
Pekin lies open to the vast North Dakota sky, a constellation of buildings spread across the flat, fertile earth. It lies 60.8 miles west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 262°T), and is situated 17.4 miles south of Lakota. The land here is a patient canvas, painted in broad strokes of golden wheat and verdant corn, stretching to horizons that seem to hold the very breath of the prairie. A keen wind, carrying the scent of dry grasses and distant rain, is the constant companion, shaping the way things grow and the way people move. Even the silence here has a texture, a profound quiet that allows the distant hum of a tractor or the lonely cry of a hawk to resonate with startling clarity. The occasional grove of aspens, their leaves a shimmering silver in the sunlight, offers a fleeting, intimate contrast to the boundless expanse. The story of Pekin is written in the soil and the seasons, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed life from this challenging, yet generous, landscape. It emerged from the tireless efforts of settlers, drawn by the promise of land and the dream of a future built on hard work and shared endeavor. The local economy is inextricably linked to the bounty of the surrounding fields, a continuous cycle of planting, growing, and harvesting that dictates the rhythm of daily life. While Pekin itself may not boast grand monuments, its character is etched in the stoic endurance of its people, the quiet pride in their agricultural heritage, and the enduring strength of community forged under an immense, ever-changing sky.
Live animated radar for Pekin 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 | Pekin, Nelson County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.79083°N, 98.328156°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58361 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pekin, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pekin, 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 Pekin includes coordinates 47.790830°N, 98.328156°W, situated in Nelson County. ZIP code 58361. 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.
