Bena, Minnesota Weather
Bena, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bena, Cass County.
Full aviation weather for Bena is published on the Longville Municipal Airport (KXVG) page, 39 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 Bena 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 Bena: Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field (KGPZ) 55 km · Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) 58 km
Conditions reported at KXVG describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bena.
About Bena, Minnesota
Bena rests on land that remembers the slow, deliberate work of glaciers, leaving behind a landscape of gentle swells and the promise of water. It lies 106.1 miles west-north-west of Duluth, MN (from Duluth, MN: bearing 292°T), and is situated 19.4 miles west of Deer River. The air here, especially in the hushed moments before dawn, carries a crispness that hints at the northern woods, a scent of pine needles and damp earth mingling with the faintest whisper of distant lakes. The terrain is a mosaic of low-lying fields, where the earth shows its dark, fertile heart, interspersed with patches of dense woodland, the trees standing like silent sentinels guarding secrets of seasons past. Sunlight, when it filters through the canopy, paints shifting patterns on the ground, a subtle artistry that changes with the sun’s slow arc across the vast Minnesota sky. The story of Bena is one of quiet resilience, tied intrinsically to the bounty of the land and the waters that cradle it. For generations, the economy here has been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture and the harvesting of natural resources, a life lived in concert with the cycles of growth and renewal. The very soil, rich and dark, has fed families and sustained livelihoods, while the surrounding waterways, remnants of ancient glacial melt, offer their own quiet generosity, inviting reflection and a slower pace of life. It is a place where the past feels close, where the echoes of those who first settled this ground can still be heard in the rustling leaves and the gentle lapping of water against the shore, a continuous thread weaving through the present.
Live animated radar for Bena 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 | Bena, Cass County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.340788°N, 94.20718°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56626 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bena, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bena, 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 Bena includes coordinates 47.340788°N, 94.207180°W, situated in Cass County. ZIP code 56626. 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.
