Rolette, North Dakota Weather
Rolette, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rolette, Rolette County.
Full aviation weather for Rolette is published on the Rolla Municipal Airport (K06D) page, 30 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 Rolette 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 Rolette: Rugby Municipal Airport (KRUG) 33 km · Bottineau Municipal Airport (KD09) 46 km · Cando Municipal Airport (K9D7) 49 km · Leeds Municipal Airport (KD31) 53 km
Conditions reported at K06D describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rolette specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rolette.
About Rolette, North Dakota
Rolette lies under a sky that feels impossibly vast, a canvas stretched taut over rolling prairie land. It lies 72.9 miles east-north-east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 66°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south of Shell Valley. The earth here is a deep, rich loam, giving way to fields of grain that shimmer like spun gold under the prairie sun, their stalks whispering secrets to the wind. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and distant hay, and the light softens into a honeyed glow that washes over the low-lying buildings and the occasional sturdy farmhouse dotting the horizon. Even the wind seems to move with a deliberate, unhurried grace, shaping the landscape with a patient hand, a constant reminder of the open country that surrounds Rolette. The history of Rolette is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of those who first settled this land, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the sheer, elemental beauty of the prairie. The local economy has always been tied to the bounty of the earth, with agriculture forming the bedrock of daily life; wheat, barley, and sunflowers are the silent kings of these fields, their harvest dictating the rhythm of the year. Rolette itself is a place where the past and present walk hand-in-hand, where the names on the mailboxes sometimes echo generations of families who have weathered the harsh winters and celebrated the abundant summers. The town’s character is one of resilient pragmatism, a quiet strength born from living in harmony with the land’s demands and its generous offerings.
Live animated radar for Rolette 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 | Rolette, Rolette County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.660833°N, 99.841533°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58366 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rolette, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rolette, 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 Rolette includes coordinates 48.660833°N, 99.841533°W, situated in Rolette County. ZIP code 58366. 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.
