Lake Benton, Minnesota Weather
Lake Benton, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake Benton, Lincoln County.
Full aviation weather for Lake Benton is published on the Tyler Municipal Airport (K63Y) page, 11 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 Lake Benton 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 Lake Benton: Pipestone Municipal Airport (KPQN) 31 km · Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) 42 km · Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field (KMML) 43 km · Slayton Municipal Airport (KDVP) 50 km · Myers Field Airport (KCNB) 52 km
Conditions reported at K63Y describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake Benton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake Benton.
About Lake Benton, Minnesota
Lake Benton lies a place where the sky seems to stretch further than elsewhere, a vast, luminous canvas above a land sculpted by wind and water. It lies 53.3 miles north-north-east of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 23°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west of Tyler. The lake itself, a generous, shimmering presence, forms the heart of this western Minnesota landscape, its shores fringed with the rustle of prairie grasses that whisper secrets to the breeze. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to expansive fields, a patchwork quilt of cultivated earth and wilder spaces, where the distant silhouette of trees marks the horizon. Sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, spills across the terrain with a liquid gold, bathing the world in a warm, ephemeral glow that seems to slow time itself. The history of Lake Benton is deeply intertwined with the rich soil and the life-giving water that define it. This has long been a region of agricultural bounty, where generations have worked the land, coaxing sustenance from its generous depths. The economy here still echoes that connection, rooted in farming and the businesses that support it, a steady, dependable pulse that beats through the community. Beyond the fields, the lake has drawn people for recreation and respite, its waters offering a cool embrace in the summer heat and a silent, stoic beauty through the long winters. Even the architecture of Lake Benton seems to speak of a pragmatic resilience, solid structures that have weathered the elements and stood as silent witnesses to the unfolding story of this place.
Live animated radar for Lake Benton 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 | Lake Benton, Lincoln County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.261079°N, 96.287539°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56149 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake Benton, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Benton, 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 Lake Benton includes coordinates 44.261079°N, 96.287539°W, situated in Lincoln County. ZIP code 56149. 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.
