Truman, Minnesota Weather
Truman, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Truman, Martin County.
Full aviation weather for Truman is published on the St James Municipal Airport (KJYG) 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 Truman 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 Truman: Fairmont Municipal Airport (KFRM) 20 km · Blue Earth Municipal Airport (KSBU) 38 km · Jackson Municipal Airport (KMJQ) 48 km · Estherville Municipal Airport (KEST) 53 km · Wells Municipal Airport (K68Y) 54 km
Conditions reported at KJYG describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Truman specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Truman.
About Truman, Minnesota
Truman rests on land that remembers the slow, deliberate sculpting of glaciers, leaving behind a landscape of broad, fertile fields that stretch towards a horizon often softened by the humid haze of summer. It lies 29.6 miles south-south-east of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 160°T), and is situated 12.2 miles north of Fairmont. The earth here, a rich loam the color of strong coffee, yields generously to the plow, its contours gently rolling like the slumbering forms of ancient beasts under a vast, ever-changing sky. In the quiet mornings, before the sun fully asserts its dominion, a pearly mist often clings to the low-lying areas, lending a spectral beauty to the nascent day. The air, when it carries the scent of freshly turned soil or the distant sweetness of blooming clover, feels thick with the promise of growth and the steady, enduring heartbeat of the prairie. The story of Truman is intricately bound to the agricultural pulse of southern Minnesota, a place where the rhythms of planting and harvest have long dictated the pace of life. Its economy has historically been fueled by the bounty of the surrounding farmland, with grain elevators standing as stoic monuments to the generations of farmers who have worked this soil. While the agricultural roots run deep, a quiet resilience has allowed Truman to adapt, fostering a sense of community that values the straightforward virtues of hard work and neighborly support. The local businesses, often family-run affairs, contribute to a character that is both practical and warmly inviting, reflecting a deep-seated pride in the enduring spirit of this place.
Live animated radar for Truman 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 | Truman, Martin County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.827734°N, 94.43719°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56088 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Truman, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Truman, 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 Truman includes coordinates 43.827734°N, 94.437190°W, situated in Martin County. ZIP code 56088. 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.
