Brookston, Minnesota Weather
Brookston, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brookston, St. Louis County.
Full aviation weather for Brookston is published on the Cloquet Carlton County Airport (KCOQ) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Brookston 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 Brookston: Duluth International Airport (KDLH) 31 km · Richard I Bong Memorial Airport (KSUW) 44 km · Sky Harbor Airport (KDYT) 46 km · Moose Lake Carlton County Airport (KMZH) 52 km
Conditions reported at KCOQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brookston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brookston.
About Brookston, Minnesota
Brookston unfolds across a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers, where the St. Louis River, a broad, slow artery, carves its way through rolling terrain. It lies 24.2 miles west-north-west of Duluth, MN (from Duluth, MN: bearing 284°T), and is situated 12.2 miles north-west of Cloquet. The air here carries the crisp, clean scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the vast boreal forests that press in from all sides, their dark green canopies a deep, breathing presence. Fields, often carved from former woodland, lie open to a sky that seems impossibly wide, especially at dusk when the light softens, painting the clouds in hues of bruised plum and fiery amber before surrendering to the deepening indigo. The very shape of the land, the gentle slopes and the sheltered hollows, feels as though it has been patiently shaped by the slow, persistent work of water and ice, a quiet testament to geological time. The history of Brookston is etched in the land itself, a story of hardy settlers who arrived seeking fertile ground and timber. Early industries were tied to the bounty of the forests and the river, with logging and sawmills once forming the backbone of the local economy, their echoes still whispered on the wind. Today, agriculture continues to be a vital thread, with farms producing dairy, hay, and a variety of crops, their fields a patchwork of ordered squares against the wilder backdrop of the woods. The pace of life in Brookston is measured, dictated by the seasons and the steady hum of rural existence, a quiet dignity that resonates in the unhurried greetings exchanged on the street and the enduring connection to the natural world that surrounds it.
Live animated radar for Brookston 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 | Brookston, St. Louis County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46.86772°N, 92.603804°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55711 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brookston, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brookston, 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 Brookston includes coordinates 46.867720°N, 92.603804°W, situated in St. Louis County. ZIP code 55711. Telephone area code: 218. 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.
