Louisburg, Minnesota Weather
Louisburg, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Louisburg, Lac qui Parle County.
Full aviation weather for Louisburg is published on the Appleton Municipal Airport (KAQP) page, 15 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 Louisburg 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 Louisburg: Lac Qui Parle County Airport (KDXX) 20 km · Ortonville Municipal Airport/Martinson Field (KVVV) 25 km · Milbank Municipal Airport (K1D1) 32 km · Montevideo Chippewa County Airport (KMVE) 42 km · Benson Municipal Airport (KBBB) 45 km
Conditions reported at KAQP describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Louisburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Louisburg.
About Louisburg, Minnesota
Louisburg lies under a vast Minnesota sky, where the land rolls with the gentle heave of a sleeping giant. It lies 99.0 miles north-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 311°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west-south-west of Appleton. Here, the horizon is a painter's broad stroke of wheat and corn, a golden sea that whispers secrets on the prairie wind. The air, especially in the long, hushed evenings of summer, carries the scent of dry earth and the faint, sweet perfume of blooming clover, a fragrance as tangible as the deepening twilight that washes over the fields. The few buildings of Louisburg are scattered like seeds dropped by a careless hand, each standing distinct yet part of the larger, open canvas. The history of Louisburg is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the fertile soil that has sustained them. This place, born from the ambition of settlers drawn to the rich farmland of Lac qui Parle County, has always found its livelihood in the bounty of the earth. The local economy, a steadfast rhythm of planting and harvest, echoes the agricultural heritage of generations. It is a place where the quiet hum of tractors replaces the roar of industry, and the most notable landmarks are the sturdy silos that pierce the sky, silent sentinels of prosperity.
Live animated radar for Louisburg 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 | Louisburg, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.166074°N, 96.171159°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56256 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Louisburg, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Louisburg, 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 Louisburg includes coordinates 45.166074°N, 96.171159°W, situated in Lac qui Parle County. ZIP code 56256. 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.
