Litchfield, Minnesota Weather
Litchfield, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Litchfield, Meeker County.
Full aviation weather for Litchfield is published on the Litchfield Municipal Airport (KLJF) page, 4 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 Litchfield 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 Litchfield: Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field (KHCD) 32 km · Paynesville Municipal Airport (KPEX) 32 km · Winsted Municipal Airport (K10D) 41 km · Maple Lake Municipal Airport (KMGG) 44 km · Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006) (KBDH) 47 km
Conditions reported at KLJF describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Litchfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Litchfield, Minnesota
Litchfield breathes with the quiet persistence of the prairie land it calls home, its horizons wide and embracing under a sky that can shift from the softest buttercup yellow at dawn to a bruised, dramatic purple before a summer storm. It lies 34.8 miles south-south-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 211°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-south-east of Grove City. The land here, gently rolling, is a quilt of cultivated fields and the occasional stand of aspens, their leaves a silver whisper against the breeze. Waterways, like the winding Crow River, thread through the landscape, their banks often softened by cattails and the patient growth of willows, offering a cool counterpoint to the sun-baked earth. The air itself carries a distinct scent, a blend of turned soil in spring, ripening grain in late summer, and the crisp, clean bite of frost in autumn, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats within Litchfield. The story of Litchfield is deeply rooted in the rich soil that has sustained generations of farmers, its economy historically tied to the bounty of wheat and corn that once defined the region. Later, the arrival of the railroad and burgeoning dairy and canning industries transformed Litchfield into a hub for agricultural processing, its prosperity built on the hardworking hands of its inhabitants. Today, while agriculture remains a vital thread, Litchfield has diversified, embracing small businesses and a steady, unhurried pace of life that draws those seeking a connection to the land and a strong sense of community. The old grain elevators, though perhaps fewer in number, still stand as sentinels to Litchfield's past, their silhouettes stark against the vast expanse, a quiet testament to the town's enduring spirit.
Live animated radar for Litchfield 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 | Litchfield, Meeker County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.127185°N, 94.528047°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55355 |
| Area Code | 612, 952 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Litchfield, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Litchfield, 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 Litchfield includes coordinates 45.127185°N, 94.528047°W, situated in Meeker County. ZIP code 55355. 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.
