Cass Lake, Minnesota Weather
Cass Lake, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cass Lake, Cass County.
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About Cass Lake, Minnesota
Cass Lake unfolds as a broad, shimmering expanse of water, its surface often ruffled by a persistent breeze that whispers through the surrounding pines. It lies 107.5 miles east-north-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 70°T), and is situated 14.5 miles east-south-east of Bemidji. The landscape here is a mosaic of dense boreal forest, where jack pines and aspens stand sentinel, and the occasional clearing reveals the rich, dark earth of glacial till. Islands, some no larger than a fisherman’s dreams and others substantial enough to hold clusters of summer cabins, dot the lake, their shores a mixture of sandy beaches and rocky outcrops. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean, resinous scent of the woods, a fragrance that mingles with the faint, briny tang of freshwater. Even on the stillest days, a sense of deep, untroubled quietude pervades Cass Lake, a stillness broken only by the distant cry of a loon or the gentle lapping of waves against the shore. The history of Cass Lake is deeply entwined with the Ojibwe people, who have long considered these waters and forests their ancestral home, their traditions still resonating in the land. European settlement, driven by the logging boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, left its mark, with remnants of old logging camps sometimes surfacing in the woods. Today, Cass Lake’s economy thrives on the bounty of its natural surroundings. Tourism, particularly during the summer months, draws visitors seeking the clear waters for boating, fishing for walleye and northern pike, and the abundant opportunities for camping and hiking in the nearby Chippewa National Forest. The town of Cass Lake itself, a modest but resilient hub, serves as a gateway to this aquatic paradise, its general stores and bait shops humming with activity, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the rhythms of lake and forest.
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| Location | Cass Lake, Cass County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.379398°N, 94.60415°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56633 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cass Lake, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cass Lake, 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 Cass Lake includes coordinates 47.379398°N, 94.604150°W, situated in Cass County. ZIP code 56633. 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.
