Boyd, Minnesota Weather
Boyd, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Boyd, Lac qui Parle County.
Full aviation weather for Boyd is published on the Montevideo Chippewa County Airport (KMVE) page, 20 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 Boyd 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 Boyd: Lac Qui Parle County Airport (KDXX) 26 km · Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field (KGDB) 29 km · Myers Field Airport (KCNB) 32 km · Appleton Municipal Airport (KAQP) 43 km · Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field (KMML) 45 km
Conditions reported at KMVE describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Boyd specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Boyd.
About Boyd, Minnesota
Boyd rests in a landscape where the land itself seems to sigh with the vastness of the prairie sky. It lies 75.3 miles north-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 305°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-east of Dawson. Rolling fields, stitched with the emerald and gold of growing crops, stretch towards horizons that promise an unending sweep of blue. The air here carries a clean, dry scent, especially potent in the late afternoon, a scent of sun-baked earth and distant hay. The low-slung buildings of Boyd, scattered with a kind of patient deliberation, seem to understand their place against this immense backdrop, their rooftops catching the slanted light of dawn and dusk like scattered embers. Even the silence feels different, a deep, resonant quiet that allows the rustle of wind through the cornstalks to become a significant sound. The history of Boyd is written in the very soil that sustains it, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who first broke this ground for agriculture. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land, established a community that has long relied on the bounty of the earth, its economy still deeply entwined with the cycles of planting and harvest. While much has changed, the foundational industries of farming and grain storage remain the quiet heartbeat of Boyd. There are no grand monuments here, but the sturdy grain elevators, standing sentinel against the open sky, are landmarks in their own right, whispering tales of hard work and the steady accumulation of seasons. The character of Boyd is one of quiet resilience, a place where neighbors know each other's names and the rhythm of life moves with the dependable cadence of the sun.
Live animated radar for Boyd 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 | Boyd, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.84857°N, 95.903086°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56218 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Boyd, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boyd, 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 Boyd includes coordinates 44.848570°N, 95.903086°W, situated in Lac qui Parle County. ZIP code 56218. 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.
