Leonard, Minnesota Weather
Leonard, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Leonard, Clearwater County.
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About Leonard, Minnesota
Leonard lies in a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, a place where the sky seems to hold an infinite, pale blue expanse. It lies 83.9 miles east-south-east of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 102°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east-south-east of Clearbrook. The land here is a generous quilt of agricultural fields, their colors shifting with the seasons – from the emerald blush of young corn to the burnished gold of ripe wheat. Scattered groves of aspen and birch punctuate the horizon, their leaves whispering secrets to the wind that sweeps across the open spaces. Ditches, lined with cattails and reeds, carry away the spring melt, their quiet channels reflecting the vastness above. The air, especially at dawn, carries a clean, earthy scent, a promise of the fertile ground and the quiet industry it sustains. The history of Leonard is deeply entwined with the cultivation of this fertile earth, a story of pioneers who coaxed a living from the prairie soil. Its local economy, built on the bedrock of agriculture, has seen generations of families working the land, their livelihoods tied to the cycles of planting and harvest. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of hard work and self-reliance is a palpable characteristic of Leonard. The quiet hum of machinery during the farming season and the hushed stillness of winter offer a rhythm to life here, a steady beat that has endured through the years, shaping the character of this corner of Minnesota.
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| Location | Leonard, Clearwater County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.6519°N, 95.272231°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56652 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Leonard, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leonard, 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 Leonard includes coordinates 47.651900°N, 95.272231°W, situated in Clearwater County. ZIP code 56652. 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.
