Cottonwood, Minnesota Weather
Cottonwood, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cottonwood, Lyon County.
Full aviation weather for Cottonwood is published on the Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field (KGDB) page, 19 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 Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood: Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field (KMML) 21 km · Montevideo Chippewa County Airport (KMVE) 40 km · Tracy Municipal Airport (KTKC) 40 km · Redwood Falls Municipal Airport (KRWF) 47 km · Myers Field Airport (KCNB) 49 km
Conditions reported at KGDB describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottonwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottonwood.
About Cottonwood, Minnesota
Cottonwood, Minnesota, is a place where the land itself seems to hum with a quiet resilience. It lies 57.2 miles west-north-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 298°T), and is situated 12.5 miles north-north-east of Marshall. The terrain here is a gentle sweep of prairie, broken by the occasional cluster of trees that offer a welcome, if fleeting, shade under the vast, arching sky. Fields of gold and green stretch to the horizon, a patchwork quilt stitched by seasons and human hands, where the wind, a constant companion, whispers secrets through the stalks of corn and soybeans. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, earthy scent, mingling with the fainter, sweeter perfume of blooming wildflowers that stubbornly push through the soil. Life in Cottonwood moves at a steady, unhurried pace, mirroring the slow, deliberate turning of the earth. The history of Cottonwood is inextricably linked to the rich agricultural heritage of southwestern Minnesota, a story etched into the very structure of the landscape. It was the fertile soil and the promise of a life wrested from the land that drew early settlers, their hopes and dreams as boundless as the prairie itself. The local economy, still deeply rooted in farming, relies on the bounty of the surrounding fields, a continuous cycle of planting, nurturing, and harvesting. While no grand pronouncements or towering monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of its people, their connection to the earth, and their quiet perseverance are the true landmarks of Cottonwood.
Live animated radar for Cottonwood 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 | Cottonwood, Lyon County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.608846°N, 95.674187°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56229 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottonwood, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood includes coordinates 44.608846°N, 95.674187°W, situated in Lyon County. ZIP code 56229. 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.
