Clarissa, Minnesota Weather
Clarissa, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clarissa, Todd County.
Full aviation weather for Clarissa is published on the Clarissa Municipal Airport (K8Y5) page, 4 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 Clarissa 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 Clarissa: Todd Field (K14Y) 26 km · Staples Municipal Airport (KSAZ) 30 km · Wadena Municipal Airport (KADC) 41 km · Chandler Field (KAXN) 45 km · Ray S Miller Army Air Field (KRYM) 46 km
Conditions reported at K8Y5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clarissa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clarissa.
About Clarissa, Minnesota
Clarissa unfolds across a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate hand of glacial retreat, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons that seem to hold the sky itself. It lies 54.6 miles north-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 316°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north-west of Browerville. The land here is a study in gentle swells and subtle dips, the kind that invite a longer gaze, a deeper breath. Mature oak and maple trees, stoic sentinels of seasons past, punctuate the open expanses, their leaves catching the afternoon sun in a way that transmutes ordinary light into something akin to liquid gold. The air, especially as twilight begins its quiet descent, carries the clean, earthy scent of tilled soil, a subtle perfume that speaks of the land's enduring fertility and the quiet industry of its people. The roots of Clarissa run deep into the agricultural heart of Minnesota, a place where the economy has long been tied to the bounty of the earth. Families who settled here in generations past found fertile ground for both crops and community, and that legacy continues to shape the rhythm of life. While farming remains a cornerstone, a quiet diversification has taken hold, with small businesses and local services catering to the needs of the surrounding countryside. It is a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the sturdy architecture of old farmsteads and the enduring spirit of self-reliance that permeates the very air.
Live animated radar for Clarissa 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 | Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46.130241°N, 94.948636°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56440 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clarissa, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clarissa, 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 Clarissa includes coordinates 46.130241°N, 94.948636°W, situated in Todd County. ZIP code 56440. 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.
