Rutland, North Dakota Weather
Rutland, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rutland, Sargent County.
Full aviation weather for Rutland is published on the Gwinner Roger Melroe Field (KGWR) page, 21 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. 4 airfields within reach of Rutland 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 Rutland: Britton Municipal Airport (KBTN) 32 km · Oakes Municipal Airport (K2D5) 46 km · Sisseton Municipal Airport (K8D3) 58 km
Conditions reported at KGWR describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rutland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rutland.
About Rutland, North Dakota
Rutland, North Dakota, unfolds across a landscape of subtle swells and broad horizons, where the sky presses close to the earth in a perpetual, vast embrace. It lies 62.2 miles north-east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 49°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east-south-east of Forman. The land here is a canvas of cultivated fields, patchwork quilts of gold and green under an immense sky that shifts from the crisp, pale blue of morning to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of twilight. Farmsteads, widely spaced and often marked by windbreaks of stoic evergreens, are islands in this sea of prairie. A quietude reigns, broken only by the whisper of wind through dry grasses or the distant drone of a tractor, a sound that becomes part of the land's own deep respiration. The character of Rutland is etched by the resilience of those who have worked this soil for generations, a legacy of farming and resourcefulness that underpins its existence. The local economy remains tied to the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the cycles of planting and harvest. Though small, Rutland possesses a quiet dignity, a place where neighbors know each other’s stories and where the pace of life allows for the contemplation of the passing seasons and the enduring strength of community. The very air, when it carries the scent of freshly turned earth or the distant woodsmoke of a hearth, speaks of a life lived in concert with the natural world, a grounding that has shaped Rutland’s character.
Live animated radar for Rutland 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 | Rutland, Sargent County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.053019°N, 97.508984°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58067 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rutland, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rutland, 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 Rutland includes coordinates 46.053019°N, 97.508984°W, situated in Sargent County. ZIP code 58067. 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.
