Villard, Minnesota Weather
Villard, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Villard, Pope County.
Full aviation weather for Villard is published on the Glenwood Municipal Airport (KGHW) page, 9 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 Villard 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 Villard: Chandler Field (KAXN) 19 km · Sauk Centre Municipal Airport (KD39) 26 km · Brooten Municipal Airport (K6D1) 27 km · Todd Field (K14Y) 37 km · Benson Municipal Airport (KBBB) 52 km
Conditions reported at KGHW describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Villard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Villard.
About Villard, Minnesota
Villard rests within a broad embrace of Minnesota's prairie, a landscape that speaks of horizons stretching wide and skies that seem to hold an almost infinite blue. It lies 54.5 miles west-north-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 282°T), and is situated 7.4 miles north-east of Glenwood. The terrain here is a study in gentle swells, fields of corn and soybeans rippling like a green and gold sea under the vast, indifferent sun. Along the edges of these cultivated plains, the land dips into marshy hollows where cattails stand sentinel and the air hums with the quiet industry of insects. Even in its stillness, there's a certain robust beauty to this place, a testament to the tenacious life that thrives under the open heavens. The story of Villard is one of agricultural ambition and the enduring spirit of prairie settlement. Founded by settlers drawn to the fertile soil and the promise of a new beginning, the community has long been tied to the bounty of the land, its economy once fueled by the grain elevators that punctuated the skyline and the livestock that grazed the surrounding pastures. Today, while farming remains a cornerstone, a palpable sense of quiet perseverance defines Villard. The water, though not a grand river, is a subtle presence, with ponds and sloughs reflecting the changing light, offering moments of unexpected serenity amidst the agricultural expanse.
Live animated radar for Villard 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.
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| Location | Villard, Pope County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.715518°N, 95.2692°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56385 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Villard, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Villard, 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 Villard includes coordinates 45.715518°N, 95.269200°W, situated in Pope County. ZIP code 56385. 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.
