Sunburg, Minnesota Weather
Sunburg, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sunburg, Kandiyohi County.
Full aviation weather for Sunburg is published on the Brooten Municipal Airport (K6D1) page, 20 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 Sunburg 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 Sunburg: Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006) (KBDH) 27 km · Benson Municipal Airport (KBBB) 32 km · Glenwood Municipal Airport (KGHW) 34 km · Paynesville Municipal Airport (KPEX) 39 km · Sauk Centre Municipal Airport (KD39) 46 km
Conditions reported at K6D1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sunburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sunburg.
About Sunburg, Minnesota
Sunburg rests on a broad, gently rolling prairie, a place where the horizon seems to stretch into an eternity of cultivated fields and sky. It lies 54.2 miles west-south-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 255°T), and is situated 18.3 miles north-north-west of Willmar. The land here is a mosaic of gold and green under the vast Minnesota sun, broken by the darker, richer earth of newly plowed fields that hint at the season's promise. A quiet hum of cicadas often fills the air on summer afternoons, a constant, almost sleepy soundtrack to the open country. The wind, when it comes, sweeps across the flat expanse with an unhindered force, carrying the scent of sun-baked soil and distant alfalfa. Originally settled by Scandinavian immigrants, Sunburg retains a quiet strength, a legacy of hard work etched into the very character of its people and the land they tend. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, thrives on the fertile soil that yields abundant crops of corn and soybeans, a testament to generations of farmers who have coaxed life from this prairie soil. The presence of nearby lakes, remnants of glacial activity, offers moments of cool respite and gentle recreation, their shimmering surfaces reflecting the endless blue of the daytime sky. While not a place of grand pronouncements, Sunburg possesses a subtle beauty, a dignity found in the enduring rhythm of planting and harvest, and the quiet camaraderie of a community that understands the value of the earth.
Live animated radar for Sunburg 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 | Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.34774°N, 95.238356°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56289 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sunburg, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunburg, 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 Sunburg includes coordinates 45.347740°N, 95.238356°W, situated in Kandiyohi County. ZIP code 56289. 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.
