Scranton, North Dakota Weather
Scranton, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Scranton, Bowman County.
Full aviation weather for Scranton is published on the Bowman Regional Airport (KBWW) page, 12 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. 2 airfields within reach of Scranton 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 Scranton: Hettinger Municipal Airport (KHEI) 40 km
Conditions reported at KBWW describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Scranton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Scranton.
About Scranton, North Dakota
Scranton lies under a sky so vast it seems to pull the earth up to meet it. It lies 53.2 miles south-south-west of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 199°T), and is situated 12.3 miles east-south-east of Bowman. The land here rolls in broad, sweeping curves, a landscape carved by winds and the patient work of water over millennia, now softened by a sparse scattering of hardy grasses and low-lying shrubs. The air, when it carries a breeze, tastes of dust and the faint, sweet scent of distant hayfields, a clean, dry tang that clears the head. Even on the brightest days, the light has a peculiar clarity, sharp and unforgiving, yet capable of casting long, blue shadows that stretch across the prairie floor as evening approaches, hinting at the cool depths of the coming night. The very silence of Scranton feels profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the distant rumble of a passing truck on a seldom-used road. The history of Scranton is etched not in grand monuments but in the resilience of those who have coaxed a living from this often-demanding earth. Originally established as a stop along a rail line that once promised connection and prosperity, its economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the surrounding agricultural lands, where wheat and cattle have been the enduring staples. Though the rails may be quieter now, the spirit of industry persists, a quiet determination to make things grow and to raise livestock against the challenging North Dakota climate. Scranton remains a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, and where neighbors still know each other by name, their shared experiences forged in the crucible of prairie living.
Live animated radar for Scranton 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 | Scranton, Bowman County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.148062°N, 103.14295°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58653 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Scranton, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Scranton, 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 Scranton includes coordinates 46.148062°N, 103.142950°W, situated in Bowman County. ZIP code 58653. Telephone area code: 701. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
