Surrey, North Dakota Weather
Surrey, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Surrey, Ward County.
Full aviation weather for Surrey is published on the Minot International Airport (KMOT) page, 11 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 Surrey 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 Surrey: Minot Air Force Base (KMIB) 26 km
Conditions reported at KMOT describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Surrey specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Surrey.
About Surrey, North Dakota
Surrey stands as a quiet sentinel on the North Dakota prairie, where the land stretches out in vast, unbroken plains under an immense sky that often burns with the fierce gold of sunset. It lies 7.5 miles east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 88°T), and is situated 15.5 miles south-east of Minot AFB. The terrain here is a subtle testament to geological time, a landscape of broad, sweeping contours that invite the gaze to wander to the distant horizon. Fields of wheat and barley, rippling in the breeze like a restless sea, dominate the immediate surroundings, their golden hues a stark contrast to the deep, rich loam of the cultivated earth. The air, especially in the lingering twilight, carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the dust of the fields and the faint sweetness of wild grasses, a scent that speaks of enduring resilience and the slow, steady work of the seasons. The history of Surrey is intrinsically linked to the westward expansion and the promise of fertile land that drew settlers to this part of Ward County. Its economy has long been tethered to the agricultural cycles, with grain elevators standing as proud, if somewhat faded, monuments to the bounty of the land. For decades, the rhythm of Surrey has been dictated by the planting and harvesting, a dependable cadence that has shaped the character of its inhabitants. While not a hub of bustling industry, Surrey possesses a distinct local character, a quiet self-reliance born from generations of working with the earth and enduring the often-harsh but always honest North Dakota climate. The community’s distinctiveness lies in its unadorned simplicity, a place where the vastness of the prairie seems to imbue everything with a profound sense of space and possibility.
Live animated radar for Surrey 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 | Surrey, Ward County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48.2364°N, 101.13349°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58785 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Surrey, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Surrey, 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 Surrey includes coordinates 48.236400°N, 101.133490°W, situated in Ward County. ZIP code 58785. 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.
