Long Beach, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Long Beach, Pope County.
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Long Beach, Minnesota, unfolds across a landscape of gentle slopes that give way to the cool expanse of its namesake body of water. It lies 61.0 miles west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 277°T), and is situated 1.4 miles west-north-west of Glenwood. The air here carries the clean scent of prairie grasses mingled with the fainter, mineral tang of the lake, a subtle perfume that hangs in the clear, wide sky. In the warmer months, the shoreline, though not of sand and surf, offers its own quiet invitation, a place where the land meets water in a soft, earthen embrace. The surrounding fields, a patchwork quilt of cultivated greens and golds under the immense Minnesota sky, speak of the land's enduring generosity. The history of Long Beach is tied to the agricultural heartland, a testament to generations who worked this fertile earth. The local economy, while rooted in farming, has also found a steady pulse in the modest tourism drawn to the lake's recreational offerings, particularly during the brief, vibrant summers. Small businesses, often family-run, lend a personal touch to the community, their awnings offering brief respite from the sun. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling industry, Long Beach possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of continuity that can be felt in the way the seasons turn and the timeless rhythm of rural life continues.
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| Location | Long Beach, Pope County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.654684°N, 95.417537°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56334 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Beach, 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 Long Beach includes coordinates 45.654684°N, 95.417537°W, situated in Pope County. ZIP code 56334. 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.