Ryder, North Dakota Weather
Ryder, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ryder, Ward County.
Full aviation weather for Ryder is published on the Garrison Municipal Airport (KD05) page, 34 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 Ryder 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 Ryder: Parshall Hankins Airport (KY74) 35 km · Minot International Airport (KMOT) 48 km
Conditions reported at KD05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ryder specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ryder.
About Ryder, North Dakota
Ryder unfolds across the North Dakota prairie, a quiet collection of buildings beneath an immense sky. It lies 28.0 miles south-west of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 219°T), and is situated 22.0 miles north-north-west of Garrison. The land here is a vast, subtle canvas of tawny grasses and the occasional dark line of a distant treeline, punctuated by the straight, unyielding lines of agricultural fields. In the hushed hours of late afternoon, the sun casts elongated shadows that stretch across the gently rolling terrain, imbuing the landscape with a serene, almost ethereal glow. The air, when it carries the faintest breeze, tastes of dry earth and the distant promise of rain. The history of Ryder is inextricably tied to the railroads that once promised connection and prosperity, a ghost of that ambition still palpable in the quiet streets. Its economy, like so many places in this part of Ward County, has long been sustained by the rich soil, a steady dependence on wheat and barley that shapes the rhythm of the seasons and the lives of its residents. Life in Ryder moves at a deliberate pace, a gentle ebb and flow dictated by the sun and the needs of the land, a stark contrast to the clamor of larger settlements. The grain elevators, stoic sentinels against the horizon, remain iconic landmarks, silent witnesses to generations who have worked this fertile ground.
Live animated radar for Ryder 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 | Ryder, Ward County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.917508°N, 101.677943°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58779 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ryder, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ryder, 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 Ryder includes coordinates 47.917508°N, 101.677943°W, situated in Ward County. ZIP code 58779. 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.
