Roscoe, Minnesota Weather
Roscoe, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Roscoe, Goodhue County.
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About Roscoe, Minnesota
Roscoe unfolds in a landscape shaped by the broad, patient sweep of southern Minnesota's prairie, where the earth rolls in quiet, predictable waves toward the horizon. It lies 20.5 miles north-west of Rochester, MN (from Rochester, MN: bearing 313°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south-west of Zumbrota. The air here, especially in the lingering light of late afternoon, carries the scent of drying grasses and the faint, metallic tang of distant machinery. Fields of corn, a vibrant, almost aggressive green in summer, give way to the muted golds and browns of harvested stubble as the seasons turn, the land a vast, open canvas under an immense sky that can shift from the clearest, sharpest blue to the bruised purples of an approaching storm with startling speed. The few buildings of Roscoe seem to hunker low, as if respecting the sheer, unyielding expanse of the surrounding farmland, their paint often faded by sun and wind, lending a softened, lived-in character to the settlement. The story of Roscoe is inextricably tied to the rich, black soil that defines this part of Goodhue County, soil that has sustained generations of farmers coaxing a living from its depths. Its economy, like that of many neighboring hamlets, still hums with the quiet industry of agriculture, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily life. While much has changed since its founding, the deep-rooted connection to the land remains, a subtle but persistent undercurrent in the community's character. The occasional grain elevator, a sentinel against the sky, stands as a silent monument to this enduring legacy, a reminder of the vital role this place has played in feeding the nation, its silhouette stark and beautiful against the vast, unpeopled sweep of the prairie.
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| Location | Roscoe, Goodhue County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.225242°N, 92.771584°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55983, 56371 |
| Area Code | 218, 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Roscoe, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roscoe, 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 Roscoe includes coordinates 44.225242°N, 92.771584°W, situated in Goodhue County. ZIP code 55983, 56371. Telephone area code: 218, 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.
