Baker, Minnesota Weather
Baker, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Baker, Cass County.
Full aviation weather for Baker is published on the Longville Municipal Airport (KXVG) page, 28 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. 4 airfields within reach of Baker 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 Baker: Pine River Regional Airport (KPWC) 45 km · Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field (KPKD) 49 km · Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) 53 km
Conditions reported at KXVG describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Baker specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Baker.
About Baker, Minnesota
Baker rests in the broad, open country of Cass County, where the land unfolds in gentle swells, a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers and the patient work of wind and water. It lies 107.3 miles east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 80°T), and is situated 3.5 miles east-north-east of Walker. Here, the sky feels vast, an immense canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, painting the low-lying fields and scattered stands of aspen and birch. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and growing things, a fragrance that settles deep. Ditches carved by decades of drainage line the gravel roads, their grassy verges alive with the hum of insects and the occasional flash of a cardinal's wing, hinting at the life that thrives just beyond the cultivated fields. The story of Baker is one of hardy resilience, a testament to the generations who have coaxed a living from this fertile ground. Primarily an agricultural community, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the soil, with fields of wheat, corn, and soybeans stretching towards the horizon, their colors a rich palette that changes with the seasons. The rhythm of life in Baker is measured by the planting and harvesting, by the quiet hum of tractors in the summer and the hushed stillness of winter. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the history of Baker is etched into the very character of its people – a practicality born of the land, a quiet neighborliness, and a deep understanding of the enduring cycles of nature that govern this corner of Minnesota.
Live animated radar for Baker 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 | Baker, Cass County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.121624°N, 94.519155°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56484, 56580 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Baker, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baker, 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 Baker includes coordinates 47.121624°N, 94.519155°W, situated in Cass County. ZIP code 56484, 56580. 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.
