Big Lake, Minnesota Weather
Big Lake, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Big Lake, Sherburne County.
Full aviation weather for Big Lake is published on the Buffalo Municipal Airport (KCFE) page, 21 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. 6 airfields within reach of Big 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 Big Lake: Leaders Clear Lake Airport (K8Y6) 21 km · Maple Lake Municipal Airport (KMGG) 22 km · Princeton Municipal Airport (KPNM) 28 km · Crystal Airport (KMIC) 43 km · Cambridge Municipal Airport (KCBG) 45 km
Conditions reported at KCFE describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Big Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Big Lake, Minnesota
Big Lake unfolds across a landscape shaped by glacial retreat, its terrain a gentle swell of fertile land punctuated by the shimmering expanse that gives it its name. It lies 8.9 miles west-north-west of Elk River, MN (from Elk River, MN: bearing 283°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west-north-west of Otsego. The air here, particularly in the late afternoons of summer, carries a faint, sweet scent of mown hay and the distant, earthy perfume of ripening corn, a fragrance that seems to cling to the broad, open fields stretching towards the horizon. Patches of mature oak and maple forests, their leaves catching the sun in a thousand shades of green, break the monotony of the agriculture, offering a cool, dappled shade that invites quiet contemplation. The very soil, a rich loam, feels yielding underfoot, a testament to generations of cultivation, and the slow, deliberate pace of life is palpable in the languid drift of clouds across the immense Minnesota sky. The history of Big Lake is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of the region, a story written in the furrows of its fields and the enduring spirit of its people. For decades, the local economy thrived on the cultivation of crops like corn and soybeans, with the lake itself serving as a vital resource for irrigation and a popular spot for recreation. While modern industries have diversified, the echoes of that agrarian past remain, evident in the sturdy farmhouses and the quiet pride of those who continue to work the land. Big Lake’s character is marked by a friendly pragmatism, a down-to-earth sensibility that values community and the simple pleasures of lakeside living, a place where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates much of the daily ebb and flow.
Live animated radar for Big 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Big Lake, Sherburne County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.332465°N, 93.74608°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55309 |
| Area Code | 612, 952 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Big Lake, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Big 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 Big Lake includes coordinates 45.332465°N, 93.746080°W, situated in Sherburne County. ZIP code 55309. Telephone area code: 612, 952. 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.
