Ruthville, North Dakota Weather
Ruthville, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ruthville, Ward County.
Full aviation weather for Ruthville is published on the Minot Air Force Base (KMIB) page, 7 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 Ruthville 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 Ruthville: Minot International Airport (KMOT) 13 km · Mohall Municipal Airport (KHBC) 48 km
Conditions reported at KMIB describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ruthville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ruthville.
About Ruthville, North Dakota
Ruthville lies under a vast, often brilliant sky, a place where the land stretches out in broad, quiet strokes. It lies 9.6 miles north of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 359°T), and is situated 3.6 miles south-south-east of Minot AFB. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle rolling expanse of prairie grasses that shift from the deep emerald of early summer to the burnished gold of autumn. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, sometimes tinged with the distant aroma of freshly turned earth. A stillness often settles, broken only by the sigh of the wind or the distant cry of a hawk tracing lazy circles overhead. The history of Ruthville is written in the persistent spirit of those who have coaxed life from this fertile ground. For generations, agriculture has been the heartbeat of Ruthville, with fields of wheat and barley painting broad, economic stripes across the landscape. The local economy, while modest, is deeply rooted in the cycles of planting and harvest, a testament to the resilience of its people. Though no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring presence of the land and the quiet hum of daily life speak volumes about the enduring character of Ruthville.
Live animated radar for Ruthville 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 | Ruthville, Ward County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.371681°N, 101.298772°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58703 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ruthville, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ruthville, 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 Ruthville includes coordinates 48.371681°N, 101.298772°W, situated in Ward County. ZIP code 58703. 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.
