Breckenridge, Minnesota Weather
Breckenridge, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Breckenridge, Wilkin County.
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About Breckenridge, Minnesota
Breckenridge unfolds onto a landscape shaped by the patient hand of water and wind. It lies 43.0 miles south-south-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 169°T), and is situated 0.9 miles east of Wahpeton. Here, the earth rolls with a subtle generosity, a vast expanse of fertile ground that seems to breathe under the immense prairie sky. Fields of grain, green in their youth and gold in their maturity, stretch towards horizons so distant they blur into the soft blue of the atmosphere, punctuated only by the stoic silhouettes of isolated farmsteads and the occasional cluster of trees offering a fleeting, welcome shade. The air, especially when dawn begins to break, carries a cool, clean scent of dew-kissed soil and the promise of a long, bright day, a palpable stillness that settles deep into your bones. This is a place where history is written in the grain and the water, a testament to the resilience of those who first settled this rich earth. The Otter Tail River, a serpentine vein of life, has long been the artery of Breckenridge, dictating its growth and sustaining its agricultural heart. For generations, the economy has been tethered to the bounty of the land, to the cycle of planting and harvest, a steadfast rhythm that defines the pulse of life here. Beyond the fields, the town itself is a quiet constellation of businesses and homes, a community built on shared effort and a deep-rooted connection to the land, where the legacy of its pioneers still whispers in the rustle of the wind through the cornstalks.
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| Location | Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46.26357°N, 96.588129°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56520 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Breckenridge, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Breckenridge, Minnesota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Breckenridge includes coordinates 46.263570°N, 96.588129°W, situated in Wilkin County. ZIP code 56520. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
