Blue Earth, Minnesota Weather
Blue Earth, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Blue Earth, Faribault County.
Full aviation weather for Blue Earth is published on the Blue Earth Municipal Airport (KSBU) 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 Blue Earth 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 Blue Earth: Fairmont Municipal Airport (KFRM) 25 km · Wells Municipal Airport (K68Y) 29 km · St James Municipal Airport (KJYG) 53 km · Lake Mills Municipal Airport (K0Y6) 54 km · Estherville Municipal Airport (KEST) 58 km
Conditions reported at KSBU describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blue Earth specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blue Earth.
About Blue Earth, Minnesota
Blue Earth unfolds across a broad, open plain, a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent work of glaciers and the meandering paths of ancient rivers. It lies 36.7 miles south of Mankato, MN (from Mankato, MN: bearing 188°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-south-east of Winnebago. Here, the sky feels vast, a boundless canvas where clouds drift like slow ships, their shadows painting fleeting patterns on fields of corn and soybeans that stretch to the horizon. The air, especially in late afternoon, carries a subtle, earthy sweetness, a blend of sun-baked soil and the distant murmur of agricultural life. The town itself, a collection of sturdy, practical buildings, seems to settle comfortably into the land, its streets laid out with a straightforward logic that mirrors the predictable cycles of the seasons. The history of Blue Earth is intrinsically tied to the fertile ground it occupies, a rich agricultural heritage that continues to define its economy. The town grew alongside the railroads that brought settlers and their dreams to this part of southern Minnesota, a hub for the surrounding farms. It’s a place where the larger-than-life statue of the Jolly Green Giant, a whimsical monument to the region’s bountiful produce, stands as a beacon of local pride and a nod to a bygone era of advertising. While farming remains its bedrock, Blue Earth also harbors a quiet resilience, a community that understands the value of hard work and the simple, enduring beauty of the prairie landscape.
Live animated radar for Blue Earth 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 | Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.637455°N, 94.102182°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56013 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blue Earth, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blue Earth, 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 Blue Earth includes coordinates 43.637455°N, 94.102182°W, situated in Faribault County. ZIP code 56013. 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.
