Clarks Grove, Minnesota Weather
Clarks Grove, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clarks Grove, Freeborn County.
Full aviation weather for Clarks Grove is published on the Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL) page, 10 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 Clarks Grove 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 Clarks Grove: Austin Municipal Airport (KAUM) 34 km · Wells Municipal Airport (K68Y) 36 km · Waseca Municipal Airport (KACQ) 39 km · Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA) 40 km · Lake Mills Municipal Airport (K0Y6) 42 km
Conditions reported at KAEL describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clarks Grove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clarks Grove.
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.
Live animated radar for Clarks Grove 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
