Bemidji, Minnesota Weather
Bemidji, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bemidji, Beltrami County.
Full aviation weather for Bemidji is published on the Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) page, 6 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. 2 airfields within reach of Bemidji 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 Bemidji: Bagley Municipal Airport (K7Y4) 36 km
Conditions reported at KBJI describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bemidji specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bemidji.
About Bemidji, Minnesota
Bemidji rests on the southern shore of a vast lake, its waters reflecting the expansive Minnesota sky in a shifting mosaic of cerulean and pearl. It lies 97.8 miles east-north-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 64°T), and is situated 14.5 miles west-north-west of Cass Lake. The landscape here is a gentle embrace of pine and birch, a quiet hum of the boreal forest that spills down to the water's edge, punctuated by the occasional stoic cedar. The air carries the clean, sharp scent of evergreen needles, a fragrance that deepens with the approach of evening, when the light softens to a honeyed glow, bathing the town and its surrounding wilderness in a mellow, almost liquid warmth. The terrain itself is largely flat, a testament to the ancient glacial forces that shaped this region, leaving behind a fertile plain dotted with countless smaller lakes and wetlands, each a miniature mirror for the sky. The story of Bemidji is deeply entwined with the timber industry that once boomed here, a restless energy that cleared vast tracts of forest and built a bustling settlement. Logs, floated down from the north, were once a common sight on the lake, a testament to the raw power of nature harnessed by human endeavor. Today, that spirit of enterprise has found new channels, with education, healthcare, and tourism forming the backbone of Bemidji's economy, drawing students to its university and visitors to the natural beauty of its lakes and forests. The iconic Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues stand as whimsical guardians to this legacy, a playful nod to the larger-than-life figures that are part of the region's folklore, drawing smiles and photographs from those who pass through Bemidji.
Live animated radar for Bemidji 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 | Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.473563°N, 94.880277°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56601, 56619 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bemidji, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bemidji, 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 Bemidji includes coordinates 47.473563°N, 94.880277°W, situated in Beltrami County. ZIP code 56601, 56619. 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.
