Blooming Prairie, Minnesota Weather
Blooming Prairie, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Blooming Prairie, Steele County.
Full aviation weather for Blooming Prairie is published on the Austin Municipal Airport (KAUM) page, 24 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 Blooming Prairie 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 Blooming Prairie: Dodge Center Airport (KTOB) 24 km · Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL) 33 km · Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA) 33 km · Rochester International Airport (KRST) 44 km · Waseca Municipal Airport (KACQ) 46 km
Conditions reported at KAUM describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blooming Prairie specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Blooming Prairie, Minnesota
Blooming Prairie unfolds across a landscape of broad, generous horizons where the sky seems to hold its breath, a vast canvas of pale blue often brushed with the whisper-soft edges of clouds. It lies 14.3 miles north-north-west of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 345°T), and is situated 17.3 miles south-south-east of Owatonna. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle swell and fall that is the prairie’s quiet signature, giving way to fields that stretch like rumpled quilts of green and gold in the summer sun. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a clean, cool scent, a promise of dew-kissed earth and the distant hum of agricultural life. The character of Blooming Prairie is one of quiet resilience, a place where the pace of life is measured by the turning of the seasons and the steady growth of crops. The history of Blooming Prairie is deeply entwined with the rich agricultural heritage of this region, a story told in the fertile soil that has sustained generations of farmers. For many years, the local economy has been anchored by the cultivation of corn, soybeans, and other staples, a livelihood that shapes the very rhythm of the community. The presence of grain elevators, their towering silhouettes a familiar landmark against the wide-open sky, speaks to this enduring connection to the land. Beyond agriculture, the community has fostered a spirit of self-reliance and neighborly cooperation, a characteristic often found in places where people have worked the land together for a common good. While not a place of dramatic landmarks, Blooming Prairie offers a deeper beauty in its unpretentious existence, a testament to the enduring strength of rural life.
Live animated radar for Blooming Prairie 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.
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| Location | Blooming Prairie, Steele County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.866629°N, 93.051031°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55917 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blooming Prairie, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blooming Prairie, 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 Blooming Prairie includes coordinates 43.866629°N, 93.051031°W, situated in Steele County. ZIP code 55917. Telephone area code: 218. 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.
