Ruthton, Minnesota Weather
Ruthton, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ruthton, Pipestone County.
Full aviation weather for Ruthton is published on the Tyler Municipal Airport (K63Y) page, 13 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 Ruthton 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 Ruthton: Pipestone Municipal Airport (KPQN) 27 km · Slayton Municipal Airport (KDVP) 33 km · Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field (KMML) 38 km · Tracy Municipal Airport (KTKC) 40 km · Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) 59 km
Conditions reported at K63Y describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ruthton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ruthton.
About Ruthton, Minnesota
Ruthton exists as a quiet testament to the vast, open horizons of southwestern Minnesota. It lies 52.5 miles north-east of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 34°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-south-east of Tyler. The land here is a study in patient agriculture, a broad canvas of cultivated fields that stretch out under an immense sky, their colors shifting with the seasons from the hopeful green of spring to the golden harvest of autumn. Rolling prairie gives way to gently sloping terrain, a landscape shaped by ancient glaciers and the persistent wind that sweeps across the plains, carrying the scent of dry grass and distant rain. Even the air in Ruthton seems to hold a certain clarity, a crispness that sharpens the edges of the day and lends a luminous quality to the late afternoon light. The story of Ruthton is deeply intertwined with the westward expansion of settlers drawn by the fertile soil, a heritage evident in the sturdy, unassuming architecture of its buildings. This is a place where the local economy has long been tethered to the land, with agriculture remaining the bedrock of its prosperity, the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvesting dictating the pulse of the community. The legacy of Scandinavian immigrants who first carved out lives here can still be felt in the quiet resilience and strong sense of community that defines Ruthton. While no grand monuments mark its history, the enduring spirit of its people and the unwavering productivity of its farmland are its most notable features.
Live animated radar for Ruthton 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.
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| Location | Ruthton, Pipestone County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.176633°N, 96.103918°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56170 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ruthton, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ruthton, 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 Ruthton includes coordinates 44.176633°N, 96.103918°W, situated in Pipestone County. ZIP code 56170. 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. 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.
