Marietta, Minnesota Weather
Marietta, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Marietta, Lac qui Parle County.
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About Marietta, Minnesota
Marietta rests in the broad, generous sweep of western Minnesota, a place where the sky asserts its dominion. It lies 101.7 miles north of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 8°T), and is situated 18.0 miles south-east of Milbank. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, a gentle rolling that speaks of ancient glacial sculptors rather than dramatic peaks. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons that seem to hold the very breath of the prairie, their green and gold hues shifting with the sun's slow arc. The air, especially in the hushed moments before dawn or at the lingering edge of dusk, carries a peculiar stillness, a quiet hum of life that the vast openness seems to magnify. Trees, sparse and wind-sculpted, often stand sentinel at the edges of these cultivated expanses, their branches reaching like patient hands towards the endless blue. This is a land shaped by generations of farmers, their lives intertwined with the fertile soil and the predictable, yet often fierce, Minnesota seasons. The economy of Marietta has long been tethered to the bounty of the earth, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence. While grain elevators stand as silent monuments to harvests past and present, the community also fosters a quiet resilience, a spirit that has weathered economic shifts and the inevitable pull of larger centers. The local school, a hub of activity, and the familiar storefronts along the main street are the anchors of daily life, each carrying the unspoken narratives of families who have called this place home for decades, their stories etched not in stone, but in the enduring rhythm of planting and reaping.
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| Location | Marietta, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.008297°N, 96.417551°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56257 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Marietta, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Marietta, 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 Marietta includes coordinates 45.008297°N, 96.417551°W, situated in Lac qui Parle County. ZIP code 56257. 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.
