Fairfax, Minnesota Weather
Fairfax, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairfax, Renville County.
Full aviation weather for Fairfax is published on the Redwood Falls Municipal Airport (KRWF) page, 29 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 Fairfax 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 Fairfax: New Ulm Municipal Airport (KULM) 29 km · Olivia Regional Airport (KOVL) 37 km · Springfield Municipal Airport (KD42) 40 km · Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field (KHCD) 46 km · Glencoe Municipal Airport (KGYL) 56 km
Conditions reported at KRWF describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairfax specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairfax.
About Fairfax, Minnesota
Fairfax rests in the broad, fertile expanse of Renville County, a place where the land stretches out in long, clean lines beneath a sky that often feels immense and unburdened. It lies 21.0 miles north of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 350°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west of Gibbon. The terrain here is a gently rolling prairie, not dramatic in its contours, but possessing a quiet, enduring beauty. Fields of corn and soybeans, gold and green in their seasons, create a patchwork quilt that seems to extend infinitely, broken only by the occasional stand of trees or the silver glint of a distant waterway. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries the subtle, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening crops, a perfume unique to this agricultural heartland, and the silence here is not an emptiness, but a fullness, punctuated by the hum of insects or the distant rumble of a tractor. The history of Fairfax is tied to the immigrant families who came to tame this prairie, their labor and dreams shaping the very character of the place. German and Bohemian heritage runs deep in the community, a legacy still visible in the enduring strength of its people and the occasional sturdy brick building that stands as a testament to their early resolve. The local economy, for generations, has been intrinsically linked to the fertile soil, with agriculture remaining its backbone, the steady pulse of planting and harvest dictating much of the town's rhythm. While not a place of grand monuments, Fairfax possesses a quiet dignity, a sense that its story is written in the steady work of its residents and the enduring generosity of the land.
Live animated radar for Fairfax 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 | Fairfax, Renville County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.529129°N, 94.720821°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55332 |
| Area Code | 612, 952 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairfax, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairfax, 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 Fairfax includes coordinates 44.529129°N, 94.720821°W, situated in Renville County. ZIP code 55332. Telephone area code: 612, 952. 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.
