Echo, Minnesota Weather
Echo, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Echo, Yellow Medicine County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Echo.
About Echo, Minnesota
Echo lies cradled by the broad, sweeping plains of southwestern Minnesota, a land where the horizon seems to stretch into infinity, a canvas of cultivated fields and wide, open sky. It lies 46.6 miles north-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 305°T), and is situated 15.7 miles west-north-west of Redwood Falls. The terrain here is a subtle study in gentle undulations, the land rolling like a slumbering giant under the vast, ever-changing dome of blue. In the summer, the air hums with the drone of insects and the distant thrum of tractors, carrying the sweet, earthy scent of tilled soil and ripening crops. The light, especially as dusk descends, paints the western sky in hues of apricot and rose, casting long, soft shadows across the landscape, a quiet benediction on the day’s labor. The story of Echo is intrinsically tied to the rich agricultural heritage of Yellow Medicine County. This is a place where the soil has been the primary currency for generations, yielding bountiful harvests of corn, soybeans, and alfalfa. The economy, while modest, is rooted deeply in the land, with local businesses serving the needs of the surrounding farms and families. Echo carries the quiet dignity of a community built on hard work and resilience, a place where neighbors know each other by name and the pace of life, though not entirely static, moves with a grounded deliberation. There are no grand monuments or bustling thoroughfares, but rather a collection of well-kept homes, a familiar church spire piercing the sky, and a general store that has likely witnessed the passage of countless seasons and the ebb and flow of rural life.
Live animated radar for Echo 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 | Echo, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.616902°N, 95.41751°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56237 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Echo, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Echo, 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 Echo includes coordinates 44.616902°N, 95.417510°W, situated in Yellow Medicine County. ZIP code 56237. 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. 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.
