Plaza, North Dakota Weather
Plaza, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Plaza, Mountrail County.
Full aviation weather for Plaza is published on the Parshall Hankins Airport (KY74) 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 Plaza 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 Plaza: Garrison Municipal Airport (KD05) 57 km · Minot International Airport (KMOT) 57 km
Conditions reported at KY74 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plaza specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plaza.
About Plaza, North Dakota
Plaza unfolds under a vast, often startlingly blue sky, a quiet settlement etched into the rolling plains of Mountrail County. It lies 33.8 miles west-south-west of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 245°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-north-east of Parshall. The land here breathes a subtle, earthy scent, a blend of sun-baked soil and the distant promise of rain carried on the wind. Fields of grain, gold and green in their season, stretch to horizons so wide they can feel like the edge of the world, broken only by the occasional cluster of sturdy farmhouses and the silver glint of a water tower. The air itself often carries a hushed stillness, a palpable sense of space that allows the whisper of wind through dry grasses to be heard as clearly as a spoken word. Even the shadows cast by the low-slung buildings seem to possess a certain weight, stretching long and thin across the dusty roads as the sun begins its descent. The roots of Plaza run deep into the agricultural heritage of North Dakota, a testament to the resilience and hard work of those who first tamed this prairie. For generations, the economy here has been tied to the bounty of the land, with wheat, barley, and sunflowers painting the landscape in shades of amber and gold. This is a place where community ties are as strong as the bedrock beneath, where neighbors know each other by sight and lend a hand without being asked. While modern life has brought changes, the enduring spirit of this prairie settlement remains, a quiet strength that speaks of a connection to the earth and a shared history that continues to shape the character of Plaza.
Live animated radar for Plaza 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 | Plaza, Mountrail County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.025846°N, 101.961°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58771 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plaza, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plaza, 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 Plaza includes coordinates 48.025846°N, 101.961000°W, situated in Mountrail County. ZIP code 58771. 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.
