Starkweather, North Dakota Weather
Starkweather, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Starkweather, Ramsey County.
Full aviation weather for Starkweather is published on the Cando Municipal Airport (K9D7) page, 26 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 Starkweather 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 Starkweather: Devils Lake Regional Airport (KDVL) 38 km · Leeds Municipal Airport (KD31) 43 km · Robertson Field (KD55) 49 km
Conditions reported at K9D7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Starkweather specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Starkweather.
About Starkweather, North Dakota
Starkweather sits under a sky so vast it seems to pull the very breath from your lungs. It lies 92.7 miles west-north-west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 294°T), and is situated 15.1 miles east of Cando. The land here is a study in patient flatness, interrupted only by the gentle swells of fields that stretch to horizons so distant they blur into the pale blue. In the summer, these fields are a vibrant quilt of greens and golds, the wheat and barley standing tall and whispering secrets to the wind. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a clean, sharp scent, a promise of dew-kissed earth and the slow unfolding of a prairie day. Even the houses seem to possess a quiet dignity, their paint faded by sun and time, their porches worn smooth by generations of feet. The history of Starkweather is as deeply rooted as the prairie grasses themselves, a story of pioneers who arrived with little more than grit and a dream to tame this open expanse. The local economy has always been tied to the fertile soil, with agriculture forming the backbone of life, the cyclical rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of the community. While the railroad once brought a bustling energy, its departure left a quieter stillness, a more introspective pace. Yet, Starkweather endures, a testament to the resilience of those who call it home, a place where the simple act of watching the sun dip below the prairie, painting the clouds in hues of rose and lavender, feels like a profound and enduring spectacle.
Live animated radar for Starkweather 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 | Starkweather, Ramsey County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.451951°N, 98.883741°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58377 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Starkweather, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Starkweather, 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 Starkweather includes coordinates 48.451951°N, 98.883741°W, situated in Ramsey County. ZIP code 58377. 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.
