Pickwick, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pickwick, Winona County.
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Pickwick rests in a landscape sculpted by the slow, persistent work of water and ice, a place where the rolling hills of Winona County embrace the broad, unhurried flow of the Mississippi River. It lies 8.6 miles east-south-east of Winona, MN (from Winona, MN: bearing 123°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-east of Buffalo. The land here is a study in greens and blues, where fertile valleys cradle patchwork farms and bluffs rise with a quiet dignity, their slopes often draped in a mist that softens the edges of the world at dawn. The air, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, carries the scent of freshly turned earth and the distant hum of machinery, a subtle testament to the enduring relationship between the people and the land. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded sky, has a particular quality here, a diffused luminescence that seems to imbue the very soil with a gentle warmth. This corner of southeastern Minnesota whispers tales of its past, of the Ojibwe and Dakota peoples who first knew these lands, and later, of the hardy European settlers who arrived seeking opportunity along the mighty river. Pickwick, though small, was once a more bustling hub, its economy tied intrinsically to the steamboats that plied the Mississippi, carrying grain and timber, and the railroad that eventually followed, its tracks a silver ribbon binding the region to the wider world. Today, the echoes of that industrious past can still be felt, though the rhythm of life in Pickwick is now more subdued, focused on the agricultural bounty of the surrounding fields and the quiet draw of the riverfront, a constant, life-giving presence.
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| Location | Pickwick, Winona County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.98163°N, 91.494588°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55987 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pickwick, 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 Pickwick includes coordinates 43.981630°N, 91.494588°W, situated in Winona County. ZIP code 55987. Telephone area code: 218. 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.