Magnolia, Minnesota Weather
Magnolia, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Magnolia, Rock County.
Full aviation weather for Magnolia is published on the Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport (KLYV) page, 12 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 Magnolia 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 Magnolia: Rock Rapids Municipal Airport (KRRQ) 23 km · Sibley Municipal Airport (KISB) 40 km · Worthington Municipal Airport (KOTG) 40 km · Pipestone Municipal Airport (KPQN) 42 km · Slayton Municipal Airport (KDVP) 45 km
Conditions reported at KLYV describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Magnolia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Magnolia.
About Magnolia, Minnesota
Magnolia rests in a broad, open expanse where the land rolls gently toward a horizon that feels impossibly distant, a canvas brushed with the stoic greens and golds of agriculture. It lies 31.8 miles east-north-east of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 78°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east of Luverne. The air here carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the dust of tilled fields and the distant sweetness of ripening crops, and the sky, vast and often an astonishing blue, seems to press down with a benevolent weight. Farmsteads, like scattered seeds, mark the landscape, their silos standing as silent sentinels against the wind. The roads, straight and true, cut through the fields, appearing as thin grey ribbons unwinding towards the edge of sight, and the quiet hum of cicadas in the summer heat is often the loudest sound to break the stillness. The roots of Magnolia run deep into the fertile soil, a testament to the pioneering spirit that first settled this prairie land. Its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the earth, with generations of families cultivating the rich ground, their livelihoods etched into the very pattern of the fields. While agriculture remains the lifeblood, a quiet industriousness can be felt in the small businesses that serve the surrounding farms, offering everything from essential supplies to the camaraderie of a shared history. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling avenues, but in the steady cadence of daily life, in the way neighbors still wave from their pickups as they pass, there is a distinct character, a grounded resilience that speaks of enduring strength.
Live animated radar for Magnolia 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 | Magnolia, Rock County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.645246°N, 96.079191°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56158 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Magnolia, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Magnolia, 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 Magnolia includes coordinates 43.645246°N, 96.079191°W, situated in Rock County. ZIP code 56158. 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.
