Brandon, Minnesota Weather
Brandon, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brandon, Douglas County.
Full aviation weather for Brandon is published on the Chandler Field (KAXN) page, 19 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 Brandon 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 Brandon: Glenwood Municipal Airport (KGHW) 42 km · Morris Municipal Airport Charlie Schmidt Field (KMOX) 53 km · Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field (KFFM) 56 km · Clarissa Municipal Airport (K8Y5) 56 km · Todd Field (K14Y) 56 km
Conditions reported at KAXN describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brandon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brandon.
About Brandon, Minnesota
Brandon rises from the rolling prairie, a collection of buildings that seem to have settled comfortably into the broad, open sky. It lies 74.7 miles west-north-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 292°T), and is situated 4.9 miles east-south-east of Evansville. The land here is a study in soft contours, the fields of corn and soybeans stretching out like a rumpled quilt under the vast Minnesota heavens. In the distance, the subtle swell of the earth hints at the glacial history that shaped this place, a history written in the gentle undulations that catch the light in a thousand different ways throughout the day. The air itself carries a clean, crisp quality, especially in the late afternoon when the sun begins its slow descent, casting long, amber shadows across the stubble of harvested fields. The history of Brandon is tied to the fertile earth and the agricultural bounty it provides. For generations, this has been a place where farming has been the heartbeat of the local economy, with families working the land that has sustained them. While not a bustling metropolis, Brandon possesses a quiet strength, a resilience born from its rural roots. The town is a testament to the enduring spirit of its people, who have built their lives around the seasons and the dependable cycle of planting and harvest. There are no grand monuments here, but rather the simple, honest beauty of a community grounded in tradition and the enduring promise of the land.
Live animated radar for Brandon 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 | Brandon, Douglas County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.965239°N, 95.598656°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56315 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brandon, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brandon, 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 Brandon includes coordinates 45.965239°N, 95.598656°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 56315. 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.
