Hanley Falls, Minnesota Weather
Hanley Falls, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County.
Full aviation weather for Hanley Falls is published on the Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field (KGDB) page, 8 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 Hanley Falls 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 Hanley Falls: Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field (KMML) 31 km · Montevideo Chippewa County Airport (KMVE) 32 km · Redwood Falls Municipal Airport (KRWF) 46 km · Olivia Regional Airport (KOVL) 48 km · Tracy Municipal Airport (KTKC) 49 km
Conditions reported at KGDB describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hanley Falls specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hanley Falls.
About Hanley Falls, Minnesota
Hanley Falls rests in a broad, gently sloping valley, where the land exhales an immensity of sky. It lies 57.8 miles north-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 304°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-south-west of Granite Falls. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, a soft rolling that speaks of ancient glacial passage, now softened by generations of cultivation. Wide fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons that seem to unfurl endlessly, their green and gold hues shifting with the sun’s slow arc. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a damp, earthy scent, a promise of fertility rising from the dark soil. Even in the stillness, there’s a sense of openness, a quiet invitation to simply be present within the vast prairie canvas. The history of Hanley Falls is deeply entwined with the fertile soil it sits upon, a place where agriculture has long been the lifeblood. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich farmland, established a community built on hard work and perseverance, much like the sturdy oaks that still dot the landscape, their branches reaching like weathered hands. The local economy continues to draw strength from the surrounding farms, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels, their metal flanks glinting under the sun. While the pace of life here is unhurried, a palpable connection to the land and its enduring cycles binds the people of Hanley Falls, a quiet strength that resonates from the very earth.
Live animated radar for Hanley Falls 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.
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| Location | Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.692735°N, 95.621964°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56245 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hanley Falls, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hanley Falls, 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 Hanley Falls includes coordinates 44.692735°N, 95.621964°W, situated in Yellow Medicine County. ZIP code 56245. 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. 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.
