Ironton, Minnesota Weather
Ironton, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ironton, Crow Wing County.
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About Ironton, Minnesota
Ironton rests on land that remembers the deep, slow scrape of glaciers, a terrain now characterized by the undulating rise and fall of the Cuyuna Range. It lies 64.0 miles north of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 8°T), and is situated 1.0 miles west-south-west of Crosby. Pine and aspen, their needles catching the crisp, northern air, cling to the slopes, their shadows stretching long and cool across the forest floor as the sun begins its descent. The sky overhead, a vast canvas of shifting blues and grays, often seems to press down with a palpable weight, a testament to the open, expansive country that surrounds Ironton. Here, the very earth exhales a scent of damp soil and pine resin, a constant, quiet reminder of the wildness that has been tamed, but never entirely subdued. The history of Ironton is inextricably linked to the iron ore that once pulsed beneath its surface, a subterranean heart that fueled a boomtown era. This legacy is still etched into the landscape, in the abandoned pits that have since filled with water, becoming serene, often startlingly blue lakes that mirror the surrounding woodlands. The local economy, once dominated by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of ore trains, has diversified, finding new life in the natural beauty that the mining industry inadvertently preserved. The Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area, a sprawling network of trails and waterways, now draws visitors seeking adventure on mountain bikes or a quiet paddle across the glassy surfaces of the former mines, a subtle, beautiful transformation from the raw extraction of the past.
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| Location | Ironton, Crow Wing County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46.477463°N, 93.977762°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56455, 56441 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ironton, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ironton, 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 Ironton includes coordinates 46.477463°N, 93.977762°W, situated in Crow Wing County. ZIP code 56455, 56441. 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.
