Lakefield, Minnesota Weather
Lakefield, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lakefield, Jackson County.
Full aviation weather for Lakefield is published on the Jackson Municipal Airport (KMJQ) page, 15 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 Lakefield 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 Lakefield: Windom Municipal Airport (KMWM) 27 km · Spirit Lake Municipal Airport (K0F3) 32 km · Worthington Municipal Airport (KOTG) 33 km · Estherville Municipal Airport (KEST) 46 km · Spencer Municipal Airport (KSPW) 57 km
Conditions reported at KMJQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lakefield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lakefield.
About Lakefield, Minnesota
Lakefield rests in a land shaped by water and prairie winds. It lies 46.3 miles south-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 215°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-north-west of Jackson. The terrain around Lakefield is a gently rolling expanse, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch to horizons that seem to hold the sky in their cupped hands. The air here, especially in late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of tilled soil and the subtle sweetness of distant wildflowers. Small creeks, their banks lined with cottonwoods and willows, thread through the landscape, their waters reflecting the vast, ever-changing blue above. The character of Lakefield is one of quiet persistence, a place where the land dictates the rhythm of life, and the days unfold with a steady, unhurried grace. This corner of southwestern Minnesota has a history deeply entwined with agriculture and the pioneers who first broke the prairie sod. The economy of Lakefield still centers on the bounty of the surrounding farmland, with grain elevators standing like sentinels against the sky, silent witnesses to generations of harvests. The town itself, compact and friendly, possesses a handful of businesses that have served its residents for decades, offering a sense of enduring continuity. Echoes of the past are palpable in the sturdy, unassuming architecture, and in the quiet pride residents take in their shared heritage. Lakefield is a place where the past is not forgotten, but lives on in the present, in the way the land is worked and the way the community sustains itself.
Live animated radar for Lakefield 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 | Lakefield, Jackson County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.677459°N, 95.171662°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56150 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lakefield, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lakefield, 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 Lakefield includes coordinates 43.677459°N, 95.171662°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 56150. 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.
