Long Prairie, Minnesota Weather
Long Prairie, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Long Prairie, Todd County.
Full aviation weather for Long Prairie is published on the Todd Field (K14Y) 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 Prairie 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 Prairie: Clarissa Municipal Airport (K8Y5) 16 km · Sauk Centre Municipal Airport (KD39) 30 km · Little Falls-Morrison County-Lindbergh field (KLXL) 40 km · Ray S Miller Army Air Field (KRYM) 41 km · Chandler Field (KAXN) 43 km
Conditions reported at K14Y describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Long Prairie specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Long Prairie, Minnesota
Long Prairie rests in a broad, gently rolling landscape that hints at its prairie origins, though now softened by stands of aspen and oak trees that catch the shifting light. It lies 44.3 miles north-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 310°T), and is situated 7.7 miles south of Browerville. The land here is a study in subtle topography, a series of low rises and shallow valleys that guide the eye towards horizons often painted with the vast Minnesota sky. Creeks, often no more than whispered currents after a dry spell, meander through pastures and woodlots, their banks fringed with the soft green of sedges and the occasional flash of a kingfisher. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, dry scent, mingling the dust of unpaved farm roads with the faint sweetness of ripening corn. The history of Long Prairie is deeply entwined with the fertile earth and the industrious spirit of its settlers. Originally a hub for logging and then agriculture, the area's economy still leans heavily on the bounty of its farms, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching across the landscape, their orderly rows a testament to human cultivation. The town itself serves as the administrative center and a gathering place for the surrounding countryside, its modest downtown a collection of brick buildings that have weathered decades of changing seasons. Local traditions, often celebrated with community picnics and harvest festivals, speak to a deep connection to the land and a quiet pride in the enduring character of this place, where the pace of life still allows for the slow unfolding of days.
Live animated radar for Long Prairie 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 Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.974687°N, 94.865578°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56347 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Long Prairie, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Prairie, 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 Prairie includes coordinates 45.974687°N, 94.865578°W, situated in Todd County. ZIP code 56347. 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.
