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, St. Louis County.
Full aviation weather for Gary is published on the Richard I Bong Memorial Airport (KSUW) page, 10 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 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: Sky Harbor Airport (KDYT) 15 km · Duluth International Airport (KDLH) 19 km · Cloquet Carlton County Airport (KCOQ) 22 km · Solon Springs Municipal Airport (KOLG) 50 km · Moose Lake Carlton County Airport (KMZH) 52 km
Conditions reported at KSUW describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 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, lies cradled by the rolling terrain of northwestern Minnesota, a landscape etched by the slow, deliberate work of glaciers. It lies 6.7 miles west-south-west of Superior, WI (from Superior, WI: bearing 239°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-west of Duluth. Here, the sky feels vast and immediate, often a canvas of bruised purples and fiery oranges as the sun dips below the horizon, casting long, melancholic shadows across fields of grain and the scattered stands of aspen and birch. The air itself carries a crisp, clean edge, a constant reminder of the northern latitude, and the silence, when it descends, is profound, broken only by the rustle of wind through dry corn stalks or the distant call of a crow. The very earth here has a kind of patient, stoic beauty, a place where the elements are not merely observed but felt, shaping the contours of both the land and the lives lived upon it. The story of Gary is one of hardy pioneers who sought sustenance from this rich, if demanding, soil, establishing a community built on the bounty of the earth. Its economy, historically tied to agriculture, still sees the rhythmic turning of seasons dictate the pulse of daily life, with the golden hues of harvest gold and the stark white of winter snows marking distinct chapters. While the grand pronouncements of industry may have passed it by, a quiet resilience persists, a local character forged in the shared labor of farming and the enduring spirit of self-reliance. Gary remains a testament to the enduring allure of the land, a place where the past breathes softly in the quiet hum of its present existence, a small but steadfast point on the map of the American heartland.
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, St. Louis County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46.670219°N, 92.225748°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 46.670219°N, 92.225748°W, situated in St. Louis 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.
