Richmond, Minnesota Weather
Richmond, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Richmond, Stearns County.
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About Richmond, Minnesota
Richmond rests in a landscape where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet, almost imperceptible rhythm, a gentle swelling and receding of earth that speaks of ancient glacial artistry. It lies 18.7 miles west-south-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 247°T), and is situated 4.3 miles west of Cold Spring. Fields of corn and soybeans, vibrant green in the summer sun, stretch towards horizons that are often softened by a hazy, pale blue sky, the kind that promises a coming rain or the lingering warmth of a long afternoon. The Sauk River, a silver ribbon of water, winds its way through the periphery, its banks fringed with trees whose leaves rustle secrets on the breeze. Even in the stillness, there’s a palpable sense of the earth’s deep, fertile heart, a richness that seems to seep into the very air, carrying the faint, sweet scent of mown hay and the distant murmur of farm machinery. The history of Richmond is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its founding families and the steady pulse of its agricultural roots. For generations, the land has been the primary employer, its bounty transformed into the lifeblood of the community. The grain elevators, stoic sentinels against the prairie sky, stand as silent witnesses to the ceaseless cycle of planting and harvest. Local businesses, often family-owned and operated, contribute to a distinctively unhurried pace of life, where neighborly waves are a common currency and the local diner serves as a de facto town hall. While not a place of dramatic pronouncements, Richmond possesses a quiet dignity, a testament to the enduring strength of those who have chosen to make their home amidst these rolling fields and along the gentle curves of the Sauk.
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| Location | Richmond, Stearns County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.45413°N, 94.518332°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56368 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Richmond, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Richmond, 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 Richmond includes coordinates 45.454130°N, 94.518332°W, situated in Stearns County. ZIP code 56368. 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.
