Gary, Minnesota Weather
Gary, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gary, Norman County.
Full aviation weather for Gary is published on the Fertile Municipal Airport (KD14) page, 20 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. 4 airfields within reach of Gary 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 Gary: Fosston Municipal Airport-Anderson Field (KFSE) 45 km · Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field (KCKN) 59 km · Hillsboro Municipal Airport (K3H4) 60 km
Conditions reported at KD14 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gary specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gary.
About Gary, Minnesota
Gary, Minnesota, unfolds beneath a vast prairie sky, a scattering of buildings holding their ground against the immense, flat expanse of the land. It lies 41.6 miles north-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 34°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north of Twin Valley. The horizon here is a clean, unwavering line, broken only by the occasional grain elevator’s silhouette or the distant shimmer of heat rising from sun-baked fields. Wind, a constant companion, whispers through the sparse trees that line the few paved roads, carrying the scent of drying grasses and fertile soil. The light, especially in the late afternoon, seems to possess a particular clarity, bathing the quiet streets and modest homes in a warm, golden hue that softens the edges of the world. This corner of Norman County, a place where agriculture has long been the bedrock of existence, hums with the quiet industry of the land. Generations have worked this rich soil, planting and harvesting the crops that define the region’s economic pulse. The legacy of early settlers, who braved these open spaces to build a life from scratch, is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of resilience that still permeates the community. Gary, in its unassuming way, represents the persistent heart of rural life, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the flow of days, and where the bounty of the earth is both livelihood and deeply ingrained tradition.
Live animated radar for Gary 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 | Gary, Norman County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.371353°N, 96.267557°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55808, 56545 |
| Area Code | 218, 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gary, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gary, 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 Gary includes coordinates 47.371353°N, 96.267557°W, situated in Norman County. ZIP code 55808, 56545. Telephone area code: 218, 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.
