Milaca, Minnesota Weather
Milaca, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Milaca, Mille Lacs County.
Full aviation weather for Milaca is published on the Princeton Municipal Airport (KPNM) page, 22 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. 4 airfields within reach of Milaca 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 Milaca: Mora Municipal Airport (KJMR) 33 km · Cambridge Municipal Airport (KCBG) 38 km · Leaders Clear Lake Airport (K8Y6) 42 km
Conditions reported at KPNM describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Milaca specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Milaca.
About Milaca, Minnesota
Milaca rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate hand of glaciers, where the Rum River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, charts its patient course through rolling terrain. It lies 28.0 miles east-north-east of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 61°T), and is situated 3.1 miles east-north-east of Foreston. The earth here is a deep, dark loam, rich with the promise of growth, and in late summer, the air hums with the insistent buzz of cicadas and the sweet, heavy scent of ripening corn. Fields stretch out like rumpled blankets, punctuated by stands of aspen and oak that ignite in fiery hues when autumn arrives, casting long, dancing shadows in the low-slung sun. The sky above Milaca is vast, an endless canvas where clouds drift like lazy ships, and at dusk, it often bleeds into shades of bruised purple and rose, a quiet spectacle that stills the restless heart. The story of Milaca is intertwined with the fertile land it occupies and the river that sustains it. Originally settled by farmers drawn to the rich soil, the town grew alongside the agricultural industry, its economy still tethered to the bounty of the fields and the livestock that graze on them. The Rum River, once a vital artery for logging operations, now offers a more serene bounty, its banks a popular spot for anglers and those seeking the cool embrace of its waters on a sweltering July day. The presence of the river, a constant, murmuring companion, has imbued Milaca with a grounded character, a sense of enduring presence that echoes through its quiet streets and the steady, unhurried rhythm of its days.
Live animated radar for Milaca 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 | Milaca, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.755799°N, 93.654408°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56353 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Milaca, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Milaca, 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 Milaca includes coordinates 45.755799°N, 93.654408°W, situated in Mille Lacs County. ZIP code 56353. 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.
