Zap, North Dakota Weather
Zap, North Dakota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Zap, Mercer County.
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About Zap, North Dakota
Zap lies on a flat expanse, where the prairie stretches wide and the sky feels immense. It lies 49.6 miles north-east of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 55°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-north-west of Beulah. The land here is a subtle palette of ochres and muted greens, broken by the occasional stand of wind-bent cottonwoods that offer a meager, yet welcome, shade. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of the fields and the faint, sweet aroma of ripening grain. The silence of Zap is not an emptiness, but a presence, a quiet hum of the earth breathing under the vast North Dakota sky. The history of Zap is as unadorned as its landscape, tied to the fertile soil that has sustained generations. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of agriculture, carved a life out of this challenging terrain, establishing a community that learned to endure the extremes of weather. The local economy remains rooted in farming, with wheat and other grains dominating the fields that surround the settlement. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions in Zap; its character is found in the steadfastness of its people and the quiet dignity of a place where life moves at the pace of the seasons, punctuated by the slow, steady turning of the earth.
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| Location | Zap, Mercer County, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 47.286397°N, 101.92267°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 58580 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Zap, North Dakota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Zap, North Dakota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Zap includes coordinates 47.286397°N, 101.922670°W, situated in Mercer County. ZIP code 58580. Telephone area code: 701. Timezone: Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
