Bingham Lake, Minnesota Weather
Bingham Lake, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bingham Lake, Cottonwood County.
Full aviation weather for Bingham Lake is published on the Windom Municipal Airport (KMWM) page, 5 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 Bingham 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 Bingham Lake: Jackson Municipal Airport (KMJQ) 29 km · Springfield Municipal Airport (KD42) 36 km · St James Municipal Airport (KJYG) 40 km · Worthington Municipal Airport (KOTG) 51 km · Spirit Lake Municipal Airport (K0F3) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMWM describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bingham Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bingham Lake.
About Bingham Lake, Minnesota
Bingham Lake unfolds across the Minnesota prairie like a watercolor wash, its namesake water a placid mirror reflecting the vast, ever-shifting canvas of the sky. It lies 29.9 miles south-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 222°T), and is situated 4.5 miles north-east of Windom. Rolling fields, a patchwork of gold and green depending on the season, stretch to a horizon that seems both infinitely distant and intimately close. Here, the land is sculpted by wind and sun, the terrain a gentle undulation that offers no dramatic peaks but a quiet, enduring beauty. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the rustle of corn stalks or the distant cry of a hawk, a testament to the unhurried pace of life that defines this place. The history of Bingham Lake is deeply interwoven with the agricultural pulse of Cottonwood County, a legacy visible in the sturdy farmhouses and weathered barns that dot the landscape. For generations, this land has yielded its bounty, primarily corn and soybeans, a quiet testament to the resilience and hard work of its inhabitants. While not a bustling metropolis, Bingham Lake possesses a distinct character, a sense of enduring community forged through shared seasons and the simple rhythms of rural existence. The local economy, steadfastly tied to the land, finds its heart in the fertile soil and the dedication of those who cultivate it, creating a subtle, yet powerful, connection between the people and the prairie they call home.
Live animated radar for Bingham 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 | Bingham Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.906624°N, 95.046379°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56118 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bingham Lake, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bingham 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 Bingham Lake includes coordinates 43.906624°N, 95.046379°W, situated in Cottonwood County. ZIP code 56118. 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.
