Utica, Minnesota Weather
Utica, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Utica, Winona County.
Full aviation weather for Utica is published on the Winona Municipal Airport Max Conrad Field (KONA) page, 23 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. 5 airfields within reach of Utica 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 Utica: Fillmore County Airport (KFKA) 38 km · Rochester International Airport (KRST) 44 km · Houston County Airport (KCHU) 56 km · La Crosse Regional Airport (KLSE) 57 km
Conditions reported at KONA describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Utica specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Utica.
About Utica, Minnesota
Utica lies cradled by the rolling hills of southeastern Minnesota, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet contentment. It lies 16.5 miles west-south-west of Winona, MN (from Winona, MN: bearing 252°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east of St. Charles. The terrain here is a study in sculpted earth, with broad, fertile valleys carved by ancient waterways, now yielding to the patient work of agriculture. The sky above Utica often stretches in vast, uninterrupted arcs, a canvas for the slow passage of clouds and the sharp, brilliant clarity of prairie light. Fields of corn and soybeans, their green hues deepening as summer matures, march in orderly ranks up the slopes, punctuated by the darker, softer textures of wooded ravines that slash into the landscape like old scars. The air itself carries a certain weight, a blend of damp earth, sun-baked grasses, and the faint, sweet perfume of distant blossoms. This quiet corner of Winona County was shaped by the enduring spirit of its early settlers, many of whom arrived seeking fertile ground and a life bound to the land. The local economy has long been rooted in the rich soil, with dairy farms and crop cultivation forming the backbone of its sustenance. While the shadows of its agricultural past are long, a modern resilience can be felt in the small businesses that dot the landscape and the quiet hum of everyday life. Utica’s character is not one of grand pronouncements, but of steady, unhurried persistence, a testament to the generations who have tended this earth and drawn their livelihood from its generous, if sometimes demanding, embrace.
Live animated radar for Utica 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 | Utica, Winona County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.975518°N, 91.954879°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55979 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Utica, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Utica, 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 Utica includes coordinates 43.975518°N, 91.954879°W, situated in Winona County. ZIP code 55979. 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.
