Lake St. Croix Beach, Minnesota Weather
Lake St. Croix Beach, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Lake St. Croix Beach, Washington County.
Full aviation weather for Lake St. Croix Beach is published on the Lake Elmo Airport (K21D) 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 St. Croix Beach 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 St. Croix Beach: South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field (KSGS) 22 km · Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field (KSTP) 23 km · New Richmond Regional Airport (KRNH) 31 km · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (KMSP) 36 km · Forest Lake Airport (K25D) 40 km
Conditions reported at K21D describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake St. Croix Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Lake St. Croix Beach, Minnesota
Lake St. Croix Beach finds its character in the gentle sweep of its shoreline, where the vast, shimmering expanse of the St. Croix River forms a living, breathing boundary. It lies 9.4 miles east of Woodbury, MN (from Woodbury, MN: bearing 91°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-south-east of Stillwater. The land here rises and falls with a quiet resilience, a mosaic of mature trees and open spaces that catch the low afternoon sun with a mellow, golden hue. Paths meander through leafy canopies, occasionally opening to vistas of the water, its surface a mirror to the ever-changing sky, reflecting clouds in soft, bruised purples and pale, ethereal blues as evening approaches. The air itself carries a subtle coolness, a whisper of the river’s depth even on the warmest days, and the scent of damp earth and pine needles is a constant, grounding presence. Historically, Lake St. Croix Beach has been a place of passage and settlement, its story intertwined with the powerful St. Croix River that has served as both a highway and a lifeblood for generations. Early industries, tied to the river's bounty and its capacity for transport, shaped the initial landscape, leaving behind a legacy that is now subtly present in the quiet hum of local commerce that sustains the present. Today, the rhythm of Lake St. Croix Beach is one of measured days, where the concerns of the wider world seem to recede, replaced by the simple pleasures of riverside living and the enduring connection to the water that defines its very essence.
Live animated radar for Lake St. Croix Beach 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 | Lake St. Croix Beach, Washington County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.920801°N, 92.76687°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55043 |
| Area Code | 612, 952 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake St. Croix Beach, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake St. Croix Beach, 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 St. Croix Beach includes coordinates 44.920801°N, 92.766870°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 55043. Telephone area code: 612, 952. 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.
