Ash Lake, Minnesota Weather
Ash Lake, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ash Lake, St. Louis County.
Full aviation weather for Ash Lake is published on the Orr Regional Airport (KORB) page, 23 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. 3 airfields within reach of Ash Lake 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 Ash Lake: Cook Municipal Airport (KCQM) 47 km · Falls International Airport (KINL) 53 km
Conditions reported at KORB describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ash Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ash Lake.
About Ash Lake, Minnesota
Ash Lake lies cradled by the vast, rolling expanse of the Laurentian Divide, a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers and the persistent whisper of boreal winds. It lies 106.1 miles north-north-west of Duluth, MN (from Duluth, MN: bearing 339°T), and is situated 34.8 miles south-east of International Falls. Here, the earth rises and falls in a gentle, wooded rhythm, cloaked in a dense tapestry of spruce, pine, and birch that spills down to the water's edge. The lake itself, a deep, cool jewel, mirrors the ever-shifting sky, its surface often broken only by the silent passage of a loon or the distant, rhythmic splash of a beaver's tail. The air here carries a clean, sharp scent of resin and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides, a quiet grandeur that settles over Ash Lake like a soft, persistent snow. The history of Ash Lake is intertwined with the logging booms and iron ore discoveries that shaped this corner of Minnesota. For generations, the timber industry provided a livelihood, its echoes still present in the weathered barns and the quiet strength of the older homes that dot the shoreline. The local economy now leans more towards the enduring appeal of the wilderness, with small outfitters catering to anglers and hunters drawn to the abundant game and pristine waters. There's a palpable sense of resilience in Ash Lake, a community that has adapted to the ebb and flow of industry, finding its enduring character in the deep woods and the clear, cold waters that define its very being.
Live animated radar for Ash Lake 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.
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| Location | Ash Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 48.218804°N, 92.915998°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55771, 55711 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ash Lake, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ash Lake, 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 Ash Lake includes coordinates 48.218804°N, 92.915998°W, situated in St. Louis County. ZIP code 55771, 55711. Telephone area code: 218. 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.
