Ellendale, Minnesota Weather
Ellendale, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ellendale, Steele County.
Full aviation weather for Ellendale is published on the Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL) page, 22 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 Ellendale 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 Ellendale: Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA) 28 km · Waseca Municipal Airport (KACQ) 30 km · Austin Municipal Airport (KAUM) 38 km · Wells Municipal Airport (K68Y) 41 km · Dodge Center Airport (KTOB) 41 km
Conditions reported at KAEL describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ellendale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ellendale.
About Ellendale, Minnesota
Ellendale rests on a broad, gently rolling prairie, a landscape defined by the vast, open sky that stretches, unbroken, to horizons that seem to recede with each passing mile. It lies 15.1 miles south-south-west of Owatonna, MN (from Owatonna, MN: bearing 194°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east of New Richland. The land here is a quilt of cultivated fields, their rich, dark soil yielding to the sun and rain, punctuated by stands of trees that cluster around farmsteads and line the occasional, meandering creek. In the summer, the air hums with the persistent drone of insects, a sound that rises and falls with the heat, and in the autumn, the light takes on a softened, golden quality, bathing the stubbled fields in a mellow glow. The very earth seems to breathe a quiet, steady rhythm, a testament to seasons that have shaped this place for generations. The history of Ellendale is intrinsically tied to the agricultural bounty of this fertile region, a story of homesteaders who carved their lives from the prairie grasses and established a community built on hard work and shared endeavor. Its economy, then and now, is rooted in the land, with farming and related industries forming the backbone of local prosperity. One might note the enduring presence of grain elevators, silent sentinels against the sky, their silos a familiar part of the Ellendale skyline, hinting at the commerce that flows from the surrounding farms. While the pace of life here is unhurried, a sense of purpose permeates the community, a continuation of the pioneering spirit that first settled this part of Steele County.
Live animated radar for Ellendale 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 | Ellendale, Steele County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.872738°N, 93.301321°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56026 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ellendale, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ellendale, 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 Ellendale includes coordinates 43.872738°N, 93.301321°W, situated in Steele County. ZIP code 56026. 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.
