Alpha, Minnesota Weather
Alpha, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Alpha, Jackson County.
Full aviation weather for Alpha is published on the Jackson Municipal Airport (KMJQ) page, 9 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. 6 airfields within reach of Alpha 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 Alpha: Estherville Municipal Airport (KEST) 28 km · Spirit Lake Municipal Airport (K0F3) 35 km · Windom Municipal Airport (KMWM) 36 km · Fairmont Municipal Airport (KFRM) 37 km · St James Municipal Airport (KJYG) 46 km
Conditions reported at KMJQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alpha specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alpha.
About Alpha, Minnesota
Alpha sits in the broad, sweeping embrace of Jackson County, where the land rolls like a slumbering giant under a sky that can stretch from the palest dawn blush to the deepest indigo of a star-dusted night. It lies 42.3 miles south-south-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 195°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east-north-east of Jackson. The soil here is a rich, dark loam, the kind that remembers the ancient grasses and the slow work of glaciers, now meticulously coaxed into yielding its bounty. Fields of corn and soybeans, a vibrant green in summer and a burnished gold in autumn, stretch to the horizon, broken only by the occasional stand of cottonwoods or the silver thread of a distant creek. In the quiet of the afternoon, a stillness descends, broken only by the drone of an unseen tractor or the whisper of wind through the dry stalks, a sound that carries the very essence of this prairie heartland. The story of Alpha is written in the furrows of its fields and the resilience of its people. For generations, the rhythm of life here has been dictated by the planting and the harvest, a tradition that underpins the local economy. While the agricultural pulse remains strong, the spirit of Alpha also speaks of community and connection, a place where neighbors still know each other's names and the passing of seasons is a shared experience. The simple architecture of its homes and businesses, often weathered by the sun and wind, hints at a history built on hard work and enduring purpose, a quiet testament to the generations who have called this place home.
Live animated radar for Alpha 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 | Alpha, Jackson County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.638846°N, 94.87082°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56111 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alpha, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alpha, Minnesota, 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 Alpha includes coordinates 43.638846°N, 94.870820°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 56111. 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. 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.
