Johnson, Minnesota Weather
Johnson, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Johnson, Big Stone County.
Full aviation weather for Johnson is published on the Morris Municipal Airport Charlie Schmidt Field (KMOX) page, 26 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 Johnson 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 Johnson: Wheaton Municipal Airport (KETH) 30 km · Ortonville Municipal Airport/Martinson Field (KVVV) 31 km · Milbank Municipal Airport (K1D1) 44 km · Appleton Municipal Airport (KAQP) 44 km · Sisseton Municipal Airport (K8D3) 55 km
Conditions reported at KMOX describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Johnson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Johnson.
About Johnson, Minnesota
Johnson, Minnesota, unfolds across a landscape of broad, fertile plains, where the sky seems to stretch infinitely, a canvas for the ever-shifting moods of the prairie. It lies 92.7 miles south-south-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 166°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east of Graceville. The land here is a gentle sweep, a subtle rise and fall of rich, dark earth that promises abundance, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of farmsteads and windbreaks. In the hush of dawn, a pearlescent light washes over the fields, softening the sharp edges of the horizon and imbuing the air with a cool, clean scent of dew-kissed grasses. The quietude is profound, broken only by the distant hum of agricultural machinery or the occasional call of a meadowlark, a melody woven into the very breath of the place. The story of Johnson is written in the soil and the enduring spirit of its people, a narrative of resilience and hard-won prosperity. Founded by tenacious settlers drawn to the promise of this fertile ground, Johnson grew from a humble agricultural outpost into a community that still honors its agrarian roots, its economy deeply intertwined with the bounty of the surrounding countryside. The fields, a patchwork of golden corn and emerald soybeans, are the lifeblood of Johnson, their harvest celebrated with a deep, abiding respect for the cycles of nature. While grand monuments are absent, the true landmarks are the steadfast silos that pierce the blue sky and the unassuming grain elevators, silent sentinels of a livelihood forged from the earth, their presence a quiet testament to generations of dedication.
Live animated radar for Johnson 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 | Johnson, Big Stone County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.572741°N, 96.295337°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56236 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Johnson, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Johnson, 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 Johnson includes coordinates 45.572741°N, 96.295337°W, situated in Big Stone County. ZIP code 56236. 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.
