Clarks Grove, Minnesota Weather
Clarks Grove, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clarks Grove, Freeborn County.
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About Clarks Grove, Minnesota
Clarks Grove lies in the broad, sweeping heart of Freeborn County, a place where the sky feels immense and the land rolls out in a quiet testament to agricultural patience. It lies 18.9 miles west-north-west of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 291°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-north-east of Albert Lea. The terrain here is a subtle, generous landscape, a tapestry of cultivated fields that shift in hue with the seasons—from the vibrant green of young corn to the burnished gold of ripening wheat. Ditches, lined with reeds and cattails, trace the contours of the land, their still waters reflecting the vast, ever-changing canvas of the sky, a sky that can be an astonishing, almost luminous blue on a clear afternoon or a bruised, dramatic canvas before a summer storm. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of rich soil and distant hayfields, a palpable presence that settles over the quiet streets and sturdy farmhouses. The history of Clarks Grove is deeply rooted in the fertile soil that surrounds it, a narrative shaped by the industriousness of early settlers drawn to the promise of abundant harvests. This was land that demanded work, and the local economy, for generations, has revolved around that fundamental truth: the cultivation of crops like corn and soybeans, and the raising of livestock. The rhythm of life in Clarks Grove is dictated by the planting and the reaping, a cycle that has guided generations of families and instilled a quiet resilience in its people. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring presence of well-maintained farmsteads and the steady hum of agricultural machinery speak to a continuity, a deep connection to the land that defines the character of Clarks Grove.
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| Location | Clarks Grove, Freeborn County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.763848°N, 93.329098°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56016 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clarks Grove, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clarks Grove, 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 Clarks Grove includes coordinates 43.763848°N, 93.329098°W, situated in Freeborn County. ZIP code 56016. 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.
