Nicollet, Minnesota Weather
Nicollet, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Nicollet, Nicollet County.
Full aviation weather for Nicollet is published on the Mankato Regional Airport (KMKT) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Nicollet 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 Nicollet: New Ulm Municipal Airport (KULM) 26 km · Le Sueur Municipal Airport (K12Y) 28 km · St James Municipal Airport (KJYG) 44 km · Glencoe Municipal Airport (KGYL) 54 km · Waseca Municipal Airport (KACQ) 55 km
Conditions reported at KMKT describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Nicollet specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Nicollet.
About Nicollet, Minnesota
Nicollet lies spread across a broad, fertile plain, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet patience. It lies 12.1 miles north-west of Mankato, MN (from Mankato, MN: bearing 310°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east of Courtland. The terrain rolls with a gentle generosity, shaped by the slow work of water and wind, its horizons vast and open, inviting the sky to press down with its immense, ever-changing presence. Fields of corn and soybeans, gold and green under the high prairie sun, stretch out in a mosaic of cultivation, broken by the darker green of windbreak trees that stand like stoic sentinels against the relentless wind. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and distant rain, a clean, sharp perfume that speaks of an unending cycle of growth and harvest. The history of Nicollet is etched into the very character of its agricultural heart, a testament to the grit and vision of those who first claimed this land from the prairie grass. Founded in the late 19th century, it grew alongside the railroads that connected these rich soils to distant markets, its economy always tethered to the bounty of the earth. The grain elevators, tall and stark against the horizon, remain enduring symbols of this legacy, their silos holding the promise of another year's yield. While modern agriculture has brought new technologies, the fundamental rhythm of life in Nicollet still hums to the seasons, a steady, unhurried pulse that echoes the deep roots of its past.
Live animated radar for Nicollet 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 | Nicollet, Nicollet County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.276077°N, 94.187463°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56074 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Nicollet, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nicollet, 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 Nicollet includes coordinates 44.276077°N, 94.187463°W, situated in Nicollet County. ZIP code 56074. 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.
