Deer Creek, Minnesota Weather
Deer Creek, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Deer Creek, Otter Tail County.
Full aviation weather for Deer Creek is published on the Wadena Municipal Airport (KADC) page, 11 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 Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek: Perham Municipal Airport (K16D) 33 km · Staples Municipal Airport (KSAZ) 40 km · Clarissa Municipal Airport (K8Y5) 44 km · Chandler Field (KAXN) 59 km · Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field (KPKD) 60 km
Conditions reported at KADC describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Deer Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Deer Creek.
About Deer Creek, Minnesota
Deer Creek rests in a land shaped by the slow, persistent hand of glaciers, where the earth swells and recedes in broad, rolling patterns. It lies 76.3 miles east-south-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 115°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-south-west of Wadena. The landscape here is a mosaic of cultivated fields, their emerald and gold hues stretching towards horizons softened by the distant murmur of aspen and oak. In the quietude of late afternoon, the air itself seems to hold a luminous quality, a pearlescent sheen that lends a gentle radiance to the scattered farmsteads and the winding ribbons of country roads. The creek itself, a modest artery of clear, cool water, meanders through the terrain, its banks often fringed with cattails and the whispering reeds that sway with an almost imperceptible breath of wind. The story of Deer Creek is one of resilience and adaptation, deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Otter Tail County. For generations, this land has sustained families through the cultivation of grains and the raising of livestock, a persistent echo of the pioneers who first broke the prairie soil. The local economy, though modest, thrives on the rhythm of the seasons and the quiet dedication of its residents, a spirit that is reflected in the unpretentious charm of the community. A distinctive feature of Deer Creek is its deep connection to the surrounding natural environment, where the simple beauty of the rolling countryside and the life-giving waters of the creek serve as a constant reminder of the enduring strength of the land.
Live animated radar for Deer Creek 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 | Deer Creek, Otter Tail County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46.391072°N, 95.321423°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56527 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Deer Creek, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Deer Creek, 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 Deer Creek includes coordinates 46.391072°N, 95.321423°W, situated in Otter Tail County. ZIP code 56527. 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.
