West Roy Lake, Minnesota Weather
West Roy Lake, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Roy Lake, Mahnomen County.
Full aviation weather for West Roy Lake is published on the Bagley Municipal Airport (K7Y4) page, 30 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 West Roy Lake 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 West Roy Lake: Fosston Municipal Airport-Anderson Field (KFSE) 34 km · Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) 54 km · Detroit Lakes Airport (KDTL) 58 km · Fertile Municipal Airport (KD14) 59 km
Conditions reported at K7Y4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Roy Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Roy Lake.
About West Roy Lake, Minnesota
West Roy Lake lies cradled by the soft contours of Mahnomen County, a shimmer of blue against the vast Minnesota sky. It lies 62.9 miles east-north-east of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 61°T), and is situated 19.7 miles south-south-east of Fosston. The land here breathes with a quiet resilience, where fields of ripening grain stretch toward horizons punctuated by the occasional solitary farmhouse. Trees, mostly deciduous, stand sentinel along the lake’s edge, their leaves rustling secrets in the prairie wind, casting fleeting shadows that dance on the water’s surface. The air carries the scent of damp earth and the distant hum of insects, a constant, gentle symphony of the natural world. The history of West Roy Lake is etched not in grand monuments, but in the subtle patterns of the landscape and the enduring spirit of its people. This is a place where agriculture has long been the heartbeat, the fertile soil yielding bountiful harvests that sustain the local economy. Generations have worked this land, their lives intertwined with the changing seasons and the rhythms of the prairie. While no grand universities or famous figures claim direct lineage, the character of West Roy Lake is defined by a deep connection to the earth and a quiet pride in its heritage, a place where the past whispers in the wind sweeping across the open fields.
Live animated radar for West Roy Lake 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 | West Roy Lake, Mahnomen County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.3116°N, 95.5954°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56557 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Roy Lake, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Roy Lake, 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 West Roy Lake includes coordinates 47.311600°N, 95.595400°W, situated in Mahnomen County. ZIP code 56557. 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.
