Ruso, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ruso, McLean County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ruso.
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.
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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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.