Ormsby, Minnesota Weather
Ormsby, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ormsby, Martin County.
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About Ormsby, Minnesota
Ormsby rests in the broad, open embrace of the southern Minnesota prairie, a place where the horizon stretches with an almost defiant generosity. It lies 26.5 miles south of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 186°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-south-west of St. James. The land here is a canvas of cultivated fields, a patchwork quilt of corn and soybeans that ripples and shifts under the vast sky, broken only by the occasional cluster of farmsteads and the dark, sturdy lines of windbreaks. Even in the stillness of a summer afternoon, there's a palpable sense of movement, a slow turning of the earth that breathes across the flat, fertile plains. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the dust of the roads and the subtle sweetness of ripening crops, and as dusk approaches, the western sky bleeds into hues of apricot and rose, a quiet spectacle that spills across the landscape. The story of Ormsby is deeply intertwined with the agricultural heartland of Martin County, a place where the land has always dictated the pace of life and the shape of its economy. For generations, the rich Moberg loams have sustained farmers, their livelihoods tied to the predictable cycles of planting and harvest, a tradition that continues to define Ormsby's character. While the larger agricultural enterprises have evolved, the essence of a working prairie community persists, evident in the unpretentious dignity of its homes and the quiet hum of machinery during planting season. There are no grand pronouncements here, no towering monuments, but rather a deep, abiding connection to the soil, a heritage that is both humble and profoundly resilient, felt in the very texture of the land and the enduring spirit of its people.
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| Location | Ormsby, Martin County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.848289°N, 94.697755°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56162 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ormsby, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ormsby, 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 Ormsby includes coordinates 43.848289°N, 94.697755°W, situated in Martin County. ZIP code 56162. 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.
