Tappen, North Dakota Weather
Tappen, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tappen, Kidder County.
Full aviation weather for Tappen is published on the Wishek Municipal Airport (K6L5) page, 70 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.
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.
Conditions reported at K6L5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 70 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tappen specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tappen.
About Tappen, North Dakota
Tappen rests on a broad prairie, a place where the horizon seems to stretch into forever, painted with the subtle blues and golds of an endless sky. It lies 54.4 miles east of Bismarck, ND (from Bismarck, ND: bearing 85°T), and is situated 13.3 miles east of Steele. The land around Tappen rolls with a gentle, unbroken swell, the kind of terrain that invites the wind to run free, carrying whispers of distant rain or the dry scent of sun-baked earth. Here, the light itself seems to possess a different quality, especially as the sun dips low, casting long, theatrical shadows that stretch and distort the familiar shapes of farmsteads and grain elevators, lending a quiet grandeur to the open expanse. The air, when it’s not crisp with the bite of winter, carries the faint, sweet perfume of ripening wheat and the earthy musk of newly plowed fields. The history of Tappen is written in the soil and the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed a living from this fertile ground. Once a vital stop along a railway line, its economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of agriculture, with fields of golden grain standing as silent testaments to generations of labor. While the railways may have shifted their routes, the heart of Tappen remains in its connection to the land, in the quiet industry of farming and the close-knit bonds of its residents. The distinctive silhouette of a grain elevator, standing sentinel against the vast prairie sky, is a hallmark of Tappen, a symbol of its enduring agricultural heritage and the quiet resilience that defines life here.
Live animated radar for Tappen 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 | Tappen, Kidder County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 46.874985°N, 99.636496°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58487 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tappen, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tappen, 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 Tappen includes coordinates 46.874985°N, 99.636496°W, situated in Kidder County. ZIP code 58487. 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.
