Kilkenny, Minnesota Weather
Kilkenny, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kilkenny, Le Sueur County.
Full aviation weather for Kilkenny is published on the Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field (KFBL) page, 21 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 Kilkenny 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 Kilkenny: Waseca Municipal Airport (KACQ) 27 km · Mankato Regional Airport (KMKT) 29 km · Le Sueur Municipal Airport (K12Y) 31 km · Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA) 33 km · Airlake Airport (KLVN) 44 km
Conditions reported at KFBL describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kilkenny specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kilkenny.
About Kilkenny, Minnesota
Kilkenny rests on land that remembers the slow, deliberate work of glaciers, a landscape of subtle swells and fertile bottoms that still hold the memory of ancient waters. It lies 23.4 miles north-west of Owatonna, MN (from Owatonna, MN: bearing 313°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south of Montgomery. The sky here is a vast, unburdened canvas, especially at dusk when the light bleeds into hues of bruised plum and pale rose, painting the wide fields in a quiet, ephemeral glory. The air, crisp and carrying the scent of turned earth and distant livestock, hums with a stillness that feels both profound and comforting, a testament to the enduring, unhurried pulse of rural life. The very contours of the terrain, a gentle, rolling tapestry, speak of a land shaped not by dramatic upheavals, but by patient, elemental forces. The story of Kilkenny is one of hardy settlement, of families who saw promise in these rolling fields and established a life rooted in the agricultural rhythm of the seasons. The local economy, long tethered to the bounty of the land, continues to draw strength from farming and the supporting industries that have grown alongside it, fostering a sense of shared endeavor and mutual reliance. Though small, Kilkenny possesses a distinct character, a quiet resilience forged by generations who understood the value of hard work and community. The absence of grand pronouncements or bustling thoroughfares lends it a particular grace, a sense that its history is not shouted, but rather whispered in the creak of a barn door and the rustle of corn stalks in the breeze.
Live animated radar for Kilkenny 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 | Kilkenny, Le Sueur County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.313297°N, 93.574116°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56052 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kilkenny, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kilkenny, 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 Kilkenny includes coordinates 44.313297°N, 93.574116°W, situated in Le Sueur County. ZIP code 56052. 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.
