Shelly, Minnesota Weather
Shelly, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shelly, Norman County.
Full aviation weather for Shelly is published on the Hillsboro Municipal Airport (K3H4) page, 21 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. 4 airfields within reach of Shelly 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 Shelly: Fertile Municipal Airport (KD14) 41 km · Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field (KCKN) 45 km · Hector International Airport (KFAR) 60 km
Conditions reported at K3H4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shelly specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shelly.
About Shelly, Minnesota
Shelly rests in a broad sweep of northwestern Minnesota, where the land unfolds in vast, subtle undulations under an immense sky. It lies 33.8 miles south-south-east of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 163°T), and is situated 7.4 miles north of Halstad. The terrain here is a patient testament to glacial sculpting, a gently rolling prairie that seems to breathe with the wind, broken only by the occasional cluster of trees offering a dark counterpoint to the sun-drenched fields. In the quiet of late afternoon, the light takes on a honeyed quality, bathing the grain elevators and the low-slung houses in a warm, almost tangible glow, and the air, when it carries the scent of freshly turned earth or distant rain, speaks of the deep, enduring connection between the people and this fertile ground. The horizon is a constant, unbroken line, a reminder of the sheer scale of the landscape, and the silence here is not an emptiness, but a fullness, punctuated by the distant rumble of a tractor or the cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Shelly is etched in the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations of farmers, a narrative of resilience and quiet perseverance tied to the rhythms of the agricultural calendar. For many years, the local economy has been inextricably linked to the cultivation of wheat, corn, and soybeans, the golden fields stretching to the edge of vision acting as the primary currency of the region. This is a place where the past is not a relic, but a living presence, felt in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of the community, a spirit that has weathered economic shifts and the inexorable march of time with a steadfast grace. The unassuming character of Shelly belies a deep-rooted sense of place, a quiet pride in its agrarian heritage and the simple, honest work that has shaped its identity.
Live animated radar for Shelly 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 | Shelly, Norman County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.458029°N, 96.818413°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56581 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shelly, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shelly, 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 Shelly includes coordinates 47.458029°N, 96.818413°W, situated in Norman County. ZIP code 56581. 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.
