Mendota, Minnesota Weather
Mendota, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mendota, Dakota County.
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About Mendota, Minnesota
Mendota rests where the Minnesota River, a broad, silken ribbon, surrenders itself to the mightier Mississippi, its waters carrying the reflections of a sky that shifts from the pale, hopeful blue of morning to the bruised purples and golds of evening. It lies 5.7 miles north of Eagan, MN (from Eagan, MN: bearing 1°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-east of Minneapolis. The land here, a gentle swell and dip rather than a stark rise, is softened by the persistent greenery of summer and the stark, skeletal beauty of winter. Old farmsteads, their paint weathered to the color of bone, stand sentinel against the horizon, their silos like forgotten watchtowers. The air itself carries a certain weight, a humid promise of distant storms or the dry, clean scent of freshly turned earth, and in the quiet hours, one can almost hear the low hum of the earth breathing beneath the cultivated fields. This place, Mendota, has long been a crossroads, a point of convergence for pathways both ancient and modern. Its strategic position at the confluence of these vital waterways shaped its early history, a fact that still whispers from the very stones of the historic buildings that dot the landscape. The economy, once tethered to the river trade and the bounty of the surrounding agricultural lands, now finds its pulse in a blend of small businesses and the steady hum of commerce that flows through the nearby metropolitan arteries. Mendota remembers its roots, a history woven not in grand pronouncements but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet persistence of the land itself, a testament to the enduring appeal of a life lived close to the earth and the water.
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| Location | Mendota, Dakota County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.887188°N, 93.164387°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55150 |
| Area Code | 612, 952 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mendota, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mendota, 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 Mendota includes coordinates 44.887188°N, 93.164387°W, situated in Dakota County. ZIP code 55150. Telephone area code: 612, 952. 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.
