Long Beach, Minnesota Weather
Long Beach, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Long Beach, Pope County.
Full aviation weather for Long Beach is published on the Glenwood Municipal Airport (KGHW) page, 8 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 Long Beach 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 Long Beach: Chandler Field (KAXN) 24 km · Brooten Municipal Airport (K6D1) 29 km · Sauk Centre Municipal Airport (KD39) 38 km · Benson Municipal Airport (KBBB) 40 km · Morris Municipal Airport Charlie Schmidt Field (KMOX) 44 km
Conditions reported at KGHW describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Long Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Long Beach.
About Long Beach, Minnesota
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.
Live animated radar for Long Beach 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 | 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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Long Beach, Minnesota Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
