Bergen, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bergen, Jackson County.
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Bergen, Minnesota, exhales a quiet prairie breath under a sky that stretches wide and deep. It lies 35.0 miles south-south-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 210°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-east of Windom. The land here rolls in soft, patient swells, a green and gold quilt stitched by fields of corn and soybeans that sigh in the summer breeze. The air, especially in the hush of late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of drying grasses and the distant rumble of tractors, a low thrum that underscores the vast stillness. A few scattered farmsteads punctuate the horizon, their silos standing sentinel against the immense blue, and the occasional cluster of trees offers a darker, more intimate shade against the sun-bleached expanse. The light at dusk here is a painter’s dream, bleeding from apricot to amethyst across the western sky, a daily benediction on the enduring fields. The story of Bergen is etched not in stone, but in the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations. It’s a place born of agricultural ambition, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of life, and the local economy still leans heavily on the bounty of the earth. While the days might seem unhurried, there's a deep-rooted pragmatism, a legacy of hard work and self-reliance passed down from the early settlers who carved their livelihoods from this prairie. The few businesses that dot the landscape are more than just shops; they are gathering places, repositories of local lore and the quiet hum of shared experience. Bergen remembers its farming past, and that memory is a quiet strength that continues to shape its character.
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| Location | Bergen, Jackson County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.789957°N, 94.994712°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56101, 56207 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bergen, Minnesota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Bergen includes coordinates 43.789957°N, 94.994712°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 56101, 56207. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.