Ruso, North Dakota Weather
Ruso, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ruso, McLean County.
Full aviation weather for Ruso is published on the Garrison Municipal Airport (KD05) page, 43 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 Ruso 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 Ruso: Minot International Airport (KMOT) 53 km · Mc Clusky Municipal Airport (K7G2) 54 km
Conditions reported at KD05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 43 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ruso specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ruso.
About Ruso, North Dakota
Ruso lies under a sky that seems to stretch on forever, a vast, pale blue canvas arching over the gently rolling prairie. It lies 32.0 miles south-south-east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 148°T), and is situated 15.0 miles south of Velva. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, a patchwork of tawny grasses and the rich, dark brown of cultivated fields, broken only by the occasional windbreak of cottonwoods or the silver ribbon of a distant creek. The air carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the dust of summer and the promise of frost in the autumn. Even in the midday sun, there’s a quiet stillness, a sense of patient waiting that seems to permeate the very soil. The story of Ruso is deeply entwined with the hardy souls who first broke this land. It’s a place shaped by the relentless cycles of agriculture, where wheat and barley have long been the lifeblood, carried by train to markets far beyond the horizon. Though the grand depots and bustling grain elevators of its past may have receded, the spirit of that industrious past remains, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. Here, the rhythm is dictated by the seasons and the sun, a steady, unhurried beat that has seen generations of families put down roots and tend to this fertile, open country.
Live animated radar for Ruso 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 | Ruso, McLean County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.838337°N, 100.933481°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58778 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ruso, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ruso, 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 Ruso includes coordinates 47.838337°N, 100.933481°W, situated in McLean County. ZIP code 58778. 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.
