Odessa, Minnesota Weather
Odessa, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Odessa, Big Stone County.
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About Odessa, Minnesota
Odessa, Minnesota, breathes the wide, open air of the prairie, a place where the horizon stretches in an unbroken, emerald expanse under a sky that can shift from the palest robin's egg blue to the bruised purple of an approaching storm. It lies 105.7 miles east of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 97°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east-south-east of Ortonville. The land here, gently rolling, gives way to flat, fertile fields that seem to drink in the sun's generous light. In the summer, the air hums with the industry of unseen insects, a low, constant drone that underscores the quietude of this place. The houses, often painted in cheerful, sun-faded hues, stand with a stoic dignity, their porches offering a welcome to the infrequent visitor, each a small bastion against the vastness of the surrounding countryside. The history of Odessa is written in the grain elevators that punctuate the skyline, silent sentinels of a robust agricultural past, their towering frames a testament to the bounty harvested from this rich soil. The local economy remains deeply rooted in farming, with corn and soybeans dominating the fertile landscape, their stalks rustling like whispered secrets in the prairie wind. While not a place of grand monuments, Odessa possesses a quiet character, a resilience forged in the crucible of early settlement and the enduring spirit of its people. The town's unhurried pace reflects a deep connection to the land and the seasons, a way of life that has been carefully preserved against the relentless march of time, each sunset painting the sky in a breathtaking, ephemeral spectacle of colour.
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| Location | Odessa, Big Stone County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.259687°N, 96.328943°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56276 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Odessa, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Odessa, 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 Odessa includes coordinates 45.259687°N, 96.328943°W, situated in Big Stone County. ZIP code 56276. 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.
