Elkton, Minnesota Weather
Elkton, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elkton, Mower County.
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About Elkton, Minnesota
Elkton lies in a land of gentle slopes and wide horizons, where the sky feels vast and close, a canvas for the changing moods of the prairie. It lies 13.3 miles east of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 91°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west-south-west of Grand Meadow. The earth here is a deep, rich loam, yielding to the plow and the slow, deliberate dance of the seasons. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like a patchwork quilt, their greens and golds shifting under the sun's arc, punctuated by the darker, more secretive lines of tree windbreaks. The air, especially in the quiet hours of dawn and dusk, carries the clean scent of turned soil and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening grain, a testament to the land's generous spirit. Even the small cluster of buildings that form Elkton seems to breathe with the land, its structures low-slung and practical, respecting the immensity of the surrounding landscape. The history of Elkton is etched into the very patterns of its fields, a story of settlers who saw potential in this fertile ground and worked it with steadfast resolve. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, continues to thrive on the bounty of the Mower County soil, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the steady flow of harvest. While grand landmarks are few, there is a quiet dignity in the everyday routines of Elkton's residents, a resilience born from generations of farming and community interdependence. The nearby streams, often just trickles in drier months, swell with the spring rains, their presence a reminder of the water's life-giving power that shapes the character of this place, sustaining its farms and its people.
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| Location | Elkton, Mower County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.662742°N, 92.708515°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55933 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elkton, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elkton, 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 Elkton includes coordinates 43.662742°N, 92.708515°W, situated in Mower County. ZIP code 55933. Telephone area code: 218. 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.
