Nielsville, Minnesota Weather
Nielsville, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Nielsville, Polk County.
Full aviation weather for Nielsville is published on the Hillsboro Municipal Airport (K3H4) page, 26 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 Nielsville 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 Nielsville: Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field (KCKN) 38 km · Fertile Municipal Airport (KD14) 39 km · Grand Forks International Airport (KGFK) 54 km
Conditions reported at K3H4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Nielsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Nielsville.
About Nielsville, Minnesota
Nielsville rests upon a broad, fertile plain, a place where the horizon stretches with an almost biblical expanse. It lies 29.3 miles south-south-east of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 160°T), and is situated 19.6 miles south-south-west of Crookston. The land itself, a deep, dark loam, speaks of generations of cultivation, yielding to the plow with a sigh of rich earth. Here, the sky dominates, a vast, ever-changing canvas that can blaze with the fierce gold of an August sunset or wear the pearly grey of a winter dawn, painting long shadows across the flat, open fields. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, green scent of growing things, a quiet testament to the lifeblood of this agricultural heartland. The story of Nielsville is one of sturdy resilience, deeply rooted in the pioneering spirit that tamed this prairie landscape. Its early economy, like that of so many settlements in this region, was tethered to the bounty of the land, with wheat and other grains forming the backbone of its prosperity. The enduring rhythm of planting and harvest still dictates the pulse of Nielsville, a steady beat against the backdrop of changing seasons. While the grain elevators may stand as silent sentinels to a bygone era of rail-bound commerce, the spirit of enterprise endures, finding new avenues in the ever-evolving agricultural sector, a quiet dedication to the soil that continues to nourish this corner of Polk County.
Live animated radar for Nielsville 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 | Nielsville, Polk County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.527473°N, 96.815079°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56568 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Nielsville, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nielsville, 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 Nielsville includes coordinates 47.527473°N, 96.815079°W, situated in Polk County. ZIP code 56568. 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.
