Elbow Lake, Minnesota Weather
Elbow Lake, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elbow Lake, Becker County.
Full aviation weather for Elbow Lake is published on the Bagley Municipal Airport (K7Y4) page, 44 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. 5 airfields within reach of Elbow Lake 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 Elbow Lake: Detroit Lakes Airport (KDTL) 44 km · Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field (KPKD) 45 km · Fosston Municipal Airport-Anderson Field (KFSE) 52 km · Perham Municipal Airport (K16D) 60 km
Conditions reported at K7Y4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 44 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elbow Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elbow Lake.
About Elbow Lake, Minnesota
Elbow Lake lies under a vast, generous sky, a gentle depression in the rolling prairie where water collects and whispers secrets to the wind. It lies 60.6 miles east-north-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 71°T), and is situated 14.4 miles east-north-east of White Earth. The land around Elbow Lake is a study in soft, arable contours, a quilt of cultivated fields stitched with the darker green of trees lining the occasional creek bed. In summer, the air here carries the sweet, dry scent of sun-baked hay and the faint, metallic tang of distant agricultural machinery, a pervasive perfume that speaks of industry and the earth’s quiet yielding. The horizon, a clean, unwavering line, is broken only by the patient silos that punctuate the landscape like stoic sentinels, and the occasional cluster of farm buildings, their roofs gleaming a cheerful red against the endless blue. The history of Elbow Lake is deeply entwined with the land’s fertility, a story of homesteaders drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the abundance of water. For generations, the economy of Elbow Lake has been anchored in agriculture, a steadfast dedication to growing crops and raising livestock that has shaped the very rhythm of life. The town itself, a modest collection of buildings, serves as the beating heart for the surrounding farms, its main street a quiet thoroughfare where conversations linger and the pace of commerce is measured rather than frantic. There is a tangible sense of continuity here, a feeling that the present is built upon the sturdy foundations of past endeavors, and that the future, like the land itself, holds the potential for quiet growth and enduring sustenance.
Live animated radar for Elbow Lake 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 | Elbow Lake, Becker County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.148293°N, 95.546141°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56589, 56531 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elbow Lake, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elbow Lake, 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 Elbow Lake includes coordinates 47.148293°N, 95.546141°W, situated in Becker County. ZIP code 56589, 56531. 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.
