Garfield, Minnesota Weather
Garfield, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Garfield, Douglas County.
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About Garfield, Minnesota
Garfield rests in a quiet fold of the Minnesota prairie, where the land sighs itself into long, gentle swells under a sky that seems to stretch forever. It lies 69.3 miles west-north-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 293°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-west of Alexandria. The fields here are a patchwork quilt of corn and soybeans, their greens and golds shifting with the seasons, punctuated by the darker green of scattered woodlands and the glint of distant water. Roads, mostly gravel and firm, trace straight lines across this expanse, leading to farmsteads that appear like solitary sentinels against the horizon. The air, especially in late afternoon, carries a stillness that’s both profound and comforting, broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Garfield is written in the soil and the resilience of its people, a story tied to the fertile ground and the promise of harvest. This is a place built on agriculture, where the rhythm of life has long been dictated by the planting and reaping cycles. The local economy remains deeply rooted in farming, with grain elevators standing as silent witnesses to the bounty of the land. While modern life has brought its conveniences, a strong sense of community persists, a quiet understanding forged by shared experiences and the enduring spirit of the prairie. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the past is not so much buried as it is woven into the very character of Garfield.
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| Location | Garfield, Douglas County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.940794°N, 95.491987°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56332 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garfield, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garfield, 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 Garfield includes coordinates 45.940794°N, 95.491987°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 56332. 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. 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.
