Ulen, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ulen, Clay County.
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Ulen lies beneath a sky that stretches, vast and clear, over the flat, rich earth of northwestern Minnesota. It lies 27.8 miles east-north-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 59°T), and is situated 14.0 miles north of Hawley. Here, the landscape is a study in subtle gradients, where fields of grain ripple like a golden sea under the summer sun, and the horizon seems to hold the promise of endless distance. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the dust of well-traveled roads and the faint sweetness of ripening crops. In the quiet mornings, a soft, pearly light often bathes the gently rolling terrain, a light that feels as ancient as the soil itself, hinting at the patient work of wind and water that shaped this land. The story of Ulen is written in the enduring spirit of its people and the fertile ground they cultivate. Founded by Scandinavian settlers drawn to the promise of abundant farmland, Ulen has long been a community sustained by the rhythm of agriculture. The local economy, rooted deeply in the cultivation of wheat, corn, and soybeans, still dictates the pulse of daily life, with the hum of tractors a familiar sound during planting and harvest seasons. While the pace is unhurried, there's a quiet resilience to Ulen, a strength born of generations who have weathered prairie winters and celebrated bountiful harvests, their lives woven into the very fabric of this productive land.
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| Location | Ulen, Clay County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.07885°N, 96.258949°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56585 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ulen, Minnesota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Ulen includes coordinates 47.078850°N, 96.258949°W, situated in Clay County. ZIP code 56585. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.