Wahkon, Minnesota Weather
Wahkon, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wahkon, Mille Lacs County.
Full aviation weather for Wahkon is published on the Mora Municipal Airport (KJMR) page, 32 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 Wahkon 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 Wahkon: Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field (KAIT) 49 km · Field of Dreams Airport (K04W) 49 km · Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (KBRD) 56 km · Isedor Iverson Airport (KHZX) 58 km
Conditions reported at KJMR describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wahkon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wahkon.
About Wahkon, Minnesota
Wahkon sits at the edge of a landscape shaped by glacial forces, where the land swells gently before dipping into the vast, whispering expanse of Mille Lacs Lake. It lies 49.4 miles north-east of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 38°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-north-east of Onamia. Pine and oak trees, their branches often heavy with the damp breath of the north, stand sentinel over sandy soil, a testament to the ancient retreat of ice. The air here carries the clean, resinous scent of the forest, mingling with the occasional sweet perfume of wild roses in summer, and a crispness that hints at winters to come. The sky over Wahkon is a generous canvas, stretching wide and often painted with dramatic cloud formations that catch the low sun, bathing the quiet streets in a warm, ephemeral glow. The history of Wahkon is closely tied to the rhythms of the lake and the land, a legacy echoed in the quiet hum of its local economy. For generations, the bounty of Mille Lacs has sustained the people, its waters yielding fish that have fed families and formed the basis of a modest but persistent fishing industry. The surrounding terrain, once home to logging operations, now supports a more varied agricultural presence, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching out under the same expansive sky that has witnessed so much change. Wahkon itself, a place of quiet endurance, retains a character forged by these enduring connections to nature and a resourceful spirit that has seen it through the seasons.
Live animated radar for Wahkon 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 | Wahkon, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46.11829°N, 93.521073°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56386 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wahkon, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wahkon, 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 Wahkon includes coordinates 46.118290°N, 93.521073°W, situated in Mille Lacs County. ZIP code 56386. 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.
