Grand Forks weather radar: KMVX

A NEXRAD WSR-88D weather radar in North Dakota, the United States, operated by National Weather Service, NOAA.

Station
Fargo/Grand Forks (KMVX)
Site
Mayville
Operator
National Weather Service, NOAA
Network
NEXRAD WSR-88D
Antenna
47.528° N, 97.325° W, 986 ft (301 m) above sea level
Products
Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity, correlation coefficient, differential reflectivity, specific differential phase (KDP), spectrum width

KMVX is the NEXRAD WSR-88D weather radar for Grand Forks and Fargo, North Dakota. It stands near Mayville in Traill County, between the two cities: Grand Forks is about 49 km to the northeast and Fargo about 83 km to the southeast, with Moorhead and East Grand Forks in Minnesota. The National Weather Service operates it from the Grand Forks forecast office, which serves eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. The NWS API and the Radar Operations Center name the station Fargo/Grand Forks; the NWS radar list and NCEI call it Grand Forks.

The Grand Forks office dates from 1995, when the Weather Service moved from Hector Field in Fargo, where it had been since 1934, to a new building in Grand Forks. The Bismarck office's notices refer to the radar as KMVX near Mayville.

Radar shows rain, snow and hail, not cloud, and nothing below its lowest beam; far from the antenna the beam passes high above the ground.

Nearby

  • Grand Forks 31 mi northeast
  • Fargo 52 mi southeast
  • Mayville 2 mi south
  • Moorhead, Minnesota 52 mi southeast
  • West Fargo 49 mi southeast
  • East Grand Forks, Minnesota 31 mi northeast
  • Hillsboro 15 mi southeast
  • Portland 3 mi southwest
  • Hatton 10 mi northwest
  • Grand Forks Air Force Base 30 mi north

Nearby radars

  • Aberdeen (KABR) 152 mi south
  • Bismarck (KBIS) 170 mi west
  • Minot (KMBX) 174 mi west

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Sources: NWS Radar Operations Center, NEXRAD network sites table, NWS WSR-88D radar list (updated August 18, 2026), NWS API, radar station KMVX, NCEI HOMR, NEXRAD stations flat file, NCEI HOMR station record, NEXRAD:KMVX, NCEI Climate Data Online, NEXRAD:KMVX station details, NWS Grand Forks, office information, NWS Grand Forks, office history, NWS Bismarck, KBIS pedestal upgrade (March 2021), NWS Bismarck, KBIS bull gear failure statement (May 4, 2018), Wikipedia, NEXRAD (list of sites).

Radar data: NOAA National Weather Service (NEXRAD). Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.