Pine Island, Minnesota Weather
Pine Island, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pine Island, Goodhue County.
Full aviation weather for Pine Island is published on the Dodge Center Airport (KTOB) page, 25 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 Pine Island 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 Pine Island: Rochester International Airport (KRST) 35 km · Stanton Airfield (KSYN) 42 km · Red Wing Regional Airport (KRGK) 45 km · Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA) 50 km · Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field (KFBL) 55 km
Conditions reported at KTOB describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pine Island specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pine Island.
About Pine Island, Minnesota
Pine Island, a place where the sky seems to stretch wider, unfolds across rolling terrain shaped by ancient glaciers. It lies 15.2 miles north-west of Rochester, MN (from Rochester, MN: bearing 325°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south of Zumbrota. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle ebb and flow of earth that cradles fields of ripening corn and soybeans, their stalks rustling like whispered secrets in the prairie wind. Deep, fertile soil, the color of rich chocolate, underlies everything, a testament to eons of geological artistry. In the fleeting moments of twilight, the western horizon often bleeds into hues of rose and lavender, casting a soft, almost ethereal glow over the cultivated landscape, making the distant silos appear like silent sentinels against the deepening sky. The air itself carries a clean, crisp quality, especially after a spring rain, smelling faintly of damp earth and the promise of new growth. This corner of Goodhue County has long been a place of quiet industry, its economy deeply rooted in the bounty of the land. For generations, farming has been the lifeblood of Pine Island, its people tending the soil with a diligence passed down through families. The fertile ground, a legacy of glacial deposits, has always been generous, supporting a robust agricultural community that continues to thrive. While the landscape is predominantly agricultural, the spirit of innovation is not absent, with local businesses and a strong sense of community contributing to the unique character of Pine Island. The rhythm of life here is measured, not by the frantic pulse of larger cities, but by the steady turn of seasons and the predictable cycles of harvest, a quiet testament to enduring rural values.
Live animated radar for Pine Island 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 | Pine Island, Goodhue County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.201354°N, 92.6463°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55963 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pine Island, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pine Island, 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 Pine Island includes coordinates 44.201354°N, 92.646300°W, situated in Goodhue County. ZIP code 55963. 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. 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.
