Albert Lea, Minnesota Weather
Albert Lea, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Albert Lea, Freeborn County.
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About Albert Lea, Minnesota
Albert Lea breathes the wide, flat expanse of southern Minnesota, a place where the horizon stretches with an almost audacious indifference. It lies 19.7 miles west of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 266°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south-south-west of Clarks Grove. The land here is a deep, fertile loam, smoothed by ancient glaciers into a gentle, rolling terrain that lends itself to the cultivation of crops and the open-hearted gaze of the sky. Twin Lakes, Fountain Lake to the north and Albert Lea Lake to the south, lie like placid eyes, reflecting the vast, ever-changing canvas of the heavens and offering a cool respite in the heat of summer. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crispness, a promise of the day's light that seems to gleam off the dew-laden fields. The story of Albert Lea is one of agricultural ambition and industrious spirit, a legacy born from the rich prairie soil that continues to define its economic heart. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, feeding families and fueling a robust agricultural economy that still forms the bedrock of the community. Beyond the fields, the city has also known the hum of manufacturing, its factories once a vital part of the regional industrial landscape. Now, as the world shifts, Albert Lea navigates its present with a resilient pragmatism, its people drawing strength from the enduring connection to the land and the quiet camaraderie forged in shared history. The presence of the historic Freeborn County Courthouse, a stately brick edifice, anchors the downtown, a silent sentinel to the enduring civic life of Albert Lea.
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| Location | Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.648013°N, 93.368266°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56007 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Albert Lea, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Albert Lea, Minnesota, 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 Albert Lea includes coordinates 43.648013°N, 93.368266°W, situated in Freeborn County. ZIP code 56007. Telephone area code: 320. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.
