Pennock, Minnesota Weather
Pennock, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pennock, Kandiyohi County.
Full aviation weather for Pennock is published on the Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006) (KBDH) page, 5 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 Pennock 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 Pennock: Brooten Municipal Airport (K6D1) 39 km · Paynesville Municipal Airport (KPEX) 42 km · Benson Municipal Airport (KBBB) 42 km · Olivia Regional Airport (KOVL) 43 km · Montevideo Chippewa County Airport (KMVE) 46 km
Conditions reported at KBDH describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pennock specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pennock.
About Pennock, Minnesota
Pennock lies under a vast, benevolent sky, a quiet constellation of homes and fields gathered near the sinuous curve of the Crow River. It lies 56.9 miles west-south-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 240°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west-north-west of Willmar. The land here is a gentle swell, a broad canvas painted in the muted golds and greens of ripening grain, stretching towards horizons that seem to breathe with the coming dusk. Wind, a constant companion, whispers secrets through the tall grasses that fringe the roads, carrying the faint, sweet scent of sun-baked earth and distant hay. The air itself possesses a certain clarity, a crispness that sharpens the edges of the world, making the silos stand like sentinels and the distant farmsteads appear as intimate constellations against the fading light. The history of Pennock is a story etched in the rich soil and the hardy spirit of those who have called it home. Originally settled by a blend of Scandinavian immigrants drawn to the fertile prairie, the town has long been tied to the rhythms of agriculture, its economy a steadfast echo of the harvest seasons. The grain elevators, silhouetted against the prairie sky, are not merely functional structures but monuments to this enduring connection, symbols of a prosperity built on the dependable bounty of the land. While the whispers of its past might be carried on the wind, Pennock today continues its quiet existence, a place where the pace of life is measured not by hurried footsteps, but by the steady turning of the seasons and the enduring strength of community.
Live animated radar for Pennock 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 | Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.148851°N, 95.176404°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56279 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pennock, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pennock, 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 Pennock includes coordinates 45.148851°N, 95.176404°W, situated in Kandiyohi County. ZIP code 56279. 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.
