Darwin, Minnesota Weather
Darwin, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Darwin, Meeker County.
Full aviation weather for Darwin is published on the Litchfield Municipal Airport (KLJF) page, 8 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 Darwin 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 Darwin: Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field (KHCD) 26 km · Winsted Municipal Airport (K10D) 32 km · Maple Lake Municipal Airport (KMGG) 37 km · Paynesville Municipal Airport (KPEX) 40 km · Buffalo Municipal Airport (KCFE) 45 km
Conditions reported at KLJF describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Darwin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Darwin.
About Darwin, Minnesota
Darwin rests in a gentle embrace of Minnesota's prairie, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward horizons that seem to hold the sky itself. It lies 34.3 miles south-south-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 201°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east-south-east of Litchfield. The land here is a subtle canvas, marked by the slow, deliberate sculpting of glaciers long past, leaving behind a terrain of shallow depressions that collect the abundant rainfall and wide, open spaces where the wind finds its voice. In the summer, the air hums with the unseen industry of insects, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the vast, ever-present clouds, casts a pale gold across the fertile earth. The scattered farmsteads and the quiet streets of Darwin itself seem to be mere punctuation marks in this grand, agrarian sentence. The history of Darwin is as rooted as the crops that define its economy, a story of hardy settlers who saw potential in these fertile plains. The early days were bound to the land’s bounty, with agriculture the undisputed king, a tradition that continues to shape the rhythm of life. While no grand universities or famous inventors claim this soil as their sole origin, the collective ingenuity of generations of farmers and small business owners forms a quiet legacy. The local co-op, a hub of activity, and the familiar grain elevators standing sentinel against the sky speak to a practical, enduring spirit, a testament to the enduring strength of a community built on shared labor and the promise of the harvest.
Live animated radar for Darwin 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 | Darwin, Meeker County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.096352°N, 94.410821°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55324 |
| Area Code | 612, 952 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Darwin, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Darwin, 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 Darwin includes coordinates 45.096352°N, 94.410821°W, situated in Meeker County. ZIP code 55324. Telephone area code: 612, 952. 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.
