Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota Weather
Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sturgeon Lake, Pine County.
Full aviation weather for Sturgeon Lake is published on the Moose Lake Carlton County Airport (KMZH) page, 4 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 Sturgeon Lake 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 Sturgeon Lake: Field of Dreams Airport (K04W) 40 km · Cloquet Carlton County Airport (KCOQ) 43 km · Isedor Iverson Airport (KHZX) 46 km
Conditions reported at KMZH describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sturgeon Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sturgeon Lake.
About Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota
Sturgeon Lake lies cradled by the rolling contours of Pine County, a place where the dense, whispering boreal forest presses in close, its dark boughs often heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 41.5 miles south-west of Superior, WI (from Superior, WI: bearing 236°T), and is situated 5.8 miles south-south-west of Moose Lake. The land itself is a testament to glacial artistry, a mosaic of low, wooded hills and shallow valleys, punctuated by the glint of water. Here, the air, especially in the long, cool evenings of early autumn, carries a crispness that sharpens the senses, hinting at the wildness that still holds sway just beyond the scattered clearings. The shores of Sturgeon Lake itself are a gentle affair, often marshy and fringed with reeds, where the water’s surface, when calm, mirrors the sky with an almost unsettling clarity. The history of Sturgeon Lake is interwoven with the rich timber resources that once drew loggers and settlers to its shores, their labor shaping the early economy of the region. While the great logging days have long since passed, a spirit of self-reliance and a connection to the natural world remain defining characteristics of Sturgeon Lake. Today, the local economy finds its footing in the quiet pursuits of tourism, with visitors drawn to the lake’s fishing and recreational opportunities, and in the enduring tradition of small-scale agriculture and local crafts. The rhythm of life here is dictated less by the ticking of a clock and more by the changing seasons and the enduring, unhurried pulse of the land itself.
Live animated radar for Sturgeon Lake 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 | Sturgeon Lake, Pine County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46.381057°N, 92.823812°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55783 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sturgeon Lake, 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 Sturgeon Lake includes coordinates 46.381057°N, 92.823812°W, situated in Pine County. ZIP code 55783. 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.
