Vesta, Minnesota Weather
Vesta, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Vesta, Redwood County.
Full aviation weather for Vesta is published on the Redwood Falls Municipal Airport (KRWF) page, 27 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 Vesta 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 Vesta: Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field (KGDB) 30 km · Tracy Municipal Airport (KTKC) 32 km · Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field (KMML) 33 km · Olivia Regional Airport (KOVL) 43 km · Springfield Municipal Airport (KD42) 45 km
Conditions reported at KRWF describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Vesta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Vesta.
About Vesta, Minnesota
Vesta lies under a sky that seems to stretch forever, a broad canvas of shifting blues and grays that mirrors the immense, fertile plains unfurling in every direction. It lies 42.7 miles west-north-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 297°T), and is situated 18.8 miles east-north-east of Marshall. The land here is a testament to the patient sculpting of wind and water, a gentle, undulating terrain that gives way to meticulously tended fields of corn and soybeans, their green rows marching towards the horizon like an army at rest. In the hushed quiet of the prairie, punctuated only by the distant drone of a tractor or the call of a meadowlark, Vesta holds its breath, a cluster of buildings breathing the same vast, open air that defines its character. The light, especially in the late afternoon, possesses a peculiar softness, an almost buttery quality that gilds the edges of the grain elevators and the quiet streets, imbuing the ordinary with a fleeting, ethereal beauty. The history of Vesta is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of agriculture that has shaped its very being since its inception. The economy here is inextricably tied to the soil, a continuous cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the rhythm of life, a quiet industry that feeds not just the local populace but a much wider world. While Vesta may not boast bustling industries or famous institutions, its strength lies in its resilience, its deep roots in the rich earth of Redwood County. The distinctive character of Vesta is found in the stoic practicality of its people, their lives interwoven with the seasons, their conversations often turning to the weather, the crops, and the enduring promise of the land. This is a place where the past whispers in the rustle of the corn stalks and the future is sown with each passing year.
Live animated radar for Vesta 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 | Vesta, Redwood County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44.507735°N, 95.416396°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56292 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Vesta, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vesta, 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 Vesta includes coordinates 44.507735°N, 95.416396°W, situated in Redwood County. ZIP code 56292. 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.
