Dayton, Minnesota Weather
Dayton, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dayton, Hennepin County.
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About Dayton, Minnesota
Dayton unfolds across a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers, where rolling terrain gives way to the meandering bends of the Mississippi River. It lies 3.4 miles west-south-west of Ramsey, MN (from Ramsey, MN: bearing 249°T), and is situated 4.9 miles south-south-east of Elk River. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint sweetness, a blend of mown hay and the damp earth near the water's edge, a scent that clings to the quiet avenues lined with sturdy homes. Wide, open fields, tinged with the ochre of late summer, stretch towards horizons where the sky seems to hold an almost improbable breadth, a canvas for clouds that drift with a slow, deliberate grace. The character of Dayton is one of quiet resilience, a place where the land itself dictates a certain unhurried pace, a gentle constancy that hums beneath the surface of daily life. The history of Dayton is intrinsically tied to the fertile soil and the lifeblood of the Mississippi, a waterway that has long facilitated trade and settlement. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of agricultural bounty, established farms that still form the backbone of the local economy, their fields yielding corn and soybeans that ripple like a golden sea under the sun. While Dayton may not boast grand historical monuments, its legacy is etched into the very fabric of its agricultural heritage, a continuous thread connecting generations of families to the land. The community's distinctive character is also shaped by its proximity to larger urban centers, offering a tranquil retreat that retains a strong sense of its rural roots, a place where the echoes of the past are not forgotten but are instead woven into the ongoing narrative of the present.
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| Location | Dayton, Hennepin County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.243854°N, 93.514958°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55327, 55369 |
| Area Code | 612, 952 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dayton, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dayton, 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 Dayton includes coordinates 45.243854°N, 93.514958°W, situated in Hennepin County. ZIP code 55327, 55369. 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. 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.
