Franklin, Minnesota Weather
Franklin, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Franklin, Renville County.
Full aviation weather for Franklin is published on the Redwood Falls Municipal Airport (KRWF) page, 16 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 Franklin 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 Franklin: Olivia Regional Airport (KOVL) 30 km · Springfield Municipal Airport (KD42) 34 km · New Ulm Municipal Airport (KULM) 38 km · Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field (KHCD) 54 km · Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field (KGDB) 59 km
Conditions reported at KRWF describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Franklin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Franklin.
About Franklin, Minnesota
Franklin lies spread across the gently rolling terrain of southern Minnesota, a place where the horizon stretches wide and the sky feels vast enough to swallow any passing cloud. It lies 23.7 miles north-north-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 331°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west of Fairfax. The land here, a rich mosaic of cultivated fields and whispering prairie grasses, slopes almost imperceptibly toward unseen waterways that nourish the fertile soil. A quiet dignity pervades the air, a sense of enduring presence that settles over the clapboard houses and the sturdy grain elevators that punctuate the landscape. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, casts long, buttery shadows that seem to deepen the greens of the corn and the golds of the ripening wheat, lending a painterly quality to the otherwise utilitarian sprawl. The history of Franklin is etched in the very act of its settlement, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who first coaxed life from this prairie soil. Its economic lifeblood has long been tied to the bounty of the land, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence, evident in the organized rows of crops that march across the countryside. The grain elevators, silent sentinels against the sky, speak of a time when the harvest was the paramount concern, a communal effort that shaped the very rhythm of life in Franklin. While the precise details of its founding are now part of local lore, the spirit of industriousness and self-reliance remains a palpable characteristic, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday existence.
Live animated radar for Franklin 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 | Franklin, Renville County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.528295°N, 94.880547°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55792, 55333 |
| Area Code | 218, 612, 952 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Franklin, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Franklin, 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 Franklin includes coordinates 44.528295°N, 94.880547°W, situated in Renville County. ZIP code 55792, 55333. Telephone area code: 218, 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.
