Pine Bend, Minnesota Weather
Pine Bend, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pine Bend, Dakota County.
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About Pine Bend, Minnesota
Pine Bend rests in a broad, sun-drenched curve where the Mississippi River, a broad, muscular artery of the continent, begins its slow, deliberate journey eastward. It lies 4.8 miles south of Inver Grove Heights, MN (from Inver Grove Heights, MN: bearing 175°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-south-east of Eagan. The land here rolls with a gentle, agricultural swell, fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards horizons softened by the hazy breath of summer. The air, especially in the long afternoons, carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil and the distant hum of machinery, a constant, low thrum beneath the sky’s vast blue. Along the river’s edge, cottonwood trees, their leaves catching the light like a thousand tiny mirrors, stand sentinel, their roots gripping the rich, dark earth. The history of Pine Bend is deeply entwined with the river that shapes it, a waterway that has served for centuries as both highway and sustenance. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile bottomlands and the promise of timber, established farms and small industries, their lives dictated by the river’s moods and the turning of the seasons. The economy here, while still holding onto its agricultural roots, has diversified; the steady pulse of industry can be felt in the processing plants and refineries that dot the landscape, a modern counterpoint to the enduring agricultural rhythm. Occasionally, the stillness is broken by the mournful bellow of a barge horn, a sound that echoes the passage of countless vessels that have navigated these waters, carrying the bounty of the land to distant shores.
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| Location | Pine Bend, Dakota County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.779133°N, 93.034936°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55077, 56651 |
| Area Code | 612, 952, 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pine Bend, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pine Bend, 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 Pine Bend includes coordinates 44.779133°N, 93.034936°W, situated in Dakota County. ZIP code 55077, 56651. Telephone area code: 612, 952, 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.
