Waubun, Minnesota Weather
Waubun, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Waubun, Mahnomen County.
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About Waubun, Minnesota
Waubun lies in the heart of Mahnomen County, a place where the vastness of the northern Minnesota prairie begins to soften into rolling farmland. It lies 44.4 miles east-north-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 61°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south of Mahnomen. Here, the land unfurls in broad, gentle sweeps of cultivated fields, punctuated by the darker green of sheltering tree lines that follow the faint contours of the earth. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long shadows that stretch and deepen, painting the stubble of harvested fields in hues of ochre and rust, and the air itself carries a crisp, clean scent of turned soil and distant pine. The sky above Waubun is an ever-present drama, a boundless canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the fiery oranges and purples of sunset, reflecting the quiet, enduring spirit of this place. The history of Waubun is deeply entwined with the agricultural pulse of the region, a story told in the grain elevators that stand as stoic sentinels against the horizon and the weathered barns that dot the landscape. For generations, the economy here has been shaped by the bounty of the land, with crops like wheat, corn, and soybeans forming the backbone of local livelihoods. The White Earth River, a gentle artery flowing through the wider area, has always been a source of life, its banks whispering tales of early settlers and Indigenous peoples who first called this territory home. While the pace of life in Waubun is as unhurried as the meandering river, there’s a deep-rooted resilience in its people, a quiet pride in their connection to the soil and the enduring legacy of the prairies.
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| Location | Waubun, Mahnomen County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.180516°N, 95.939211°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56589 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Waubun, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Waubun, 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 Waubun includes coordinates 47.180516°N, 95.939211°W, situated in Mahnomen County. ZIP code 56589. 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.
