Breckenridge, Minnesota Weather
Breckenridge, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Breckenridge, Wilkin County.
Full aviation weather for Breckenridge is published on the Harry Stern Airport (KBWP) page, 3 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. 5 airfields within reach of Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge: Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field (KFFM) 33 km · Hamry Field (KK74) 53 km · Wheaton Municipal Airport (KETH) 54 km · Pelican Rapids Muni-Lyon's Field (K47Y) 56 km
Conditions reported at KBWP describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Breckenridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
Live animated radar for Breckenridge 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
