Laporte, Minnesota Weather
Laporte, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Laporte, Hubbard County.
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About Laporte, Minnesota
Laporte rests at the southern edge of a landscape shaped by ancient glaciers, where the land rises and falls in the soft contours of moraines and outwash plains. It lies 97.7 miles east-north-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 75°T), and is situated 18.9 miles south-south-east of Bemidji. Pines and aspens stand sentinel on these rolling hummocks, their needles catching the low prairie sun, while the air carries the clean scent of damp earth and decaying leaves. The waters of the Mississippi River, still a young and vigorous thing here, meander through the terrain, its currents a quiet pulse beneath the vast Minnesota sky. Wildlife moves with a patient grace through the undergrowth, and the stillness is profound, broken only by the distant call of a loon or the whisper of wind through the trees. This quiet corner of Hubbard County, Laporte, holds a history tied to the timber and the railroad that once promised grander futures. Sawmills hummed and trains chugged through, carrying logs from the immense forests that once blanketed this region, a testament to the raw power of nature and the ambition of those who sought to tame it. Though the sawmills have long since fallen silent, the echoes of that industrious past linger, a foundation for the current economy that leans into the enduring allure of the outdoors. The lakes and forests draw visitors seeking respite, their presence a gentle ripple in the unhurried rhythm of daily life in Laporte, a place where the land itself remembers its wilder days.
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| Location | Laporte, Hubbard County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.213844°N, 94.754168°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56461 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Laporte, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laporte, Minnesota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Laporte includes coordinates 47.213844°N, 94.754168°W, situated in Hubbard County. ZIP code 56461. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
