Westport, Minnesota Weather
Westport, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Westport, Pope County.
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About Westport, Minnesota
Westport rests against a broad canvas of Minnesota prairie, where the land rolls with a gentle, almost imperceptible swell, hinting at ancient glacial sculpting. It lies 49.7 miles west-north-west of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 283°T), and is situated 15.5 miles south-east of Alexandria. The horizon here is a generous, sweeping arc, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a prairie sunset, colors that seem to seep into the very dust kicked up by passing trucks. The air, especially in late summer, carries the dry, sweet scent of harvested cornstalks and the faint, metallic tang of distant rain. Even in the midday sun, a certain quietude pervades Westport, a sense of being comfortably settled into the vastness, the houses and barns appearing as small, sturdy islands in a sea of green and gold. The story of Westport is largely one of cultivation and endurance, its economy forever tied to the fertile earth that surrounds it. For generations, farmers have worked this land, coaxing sustenance from its rich soil, the rhythm of their lives dictated by the seasons of planting and harvest. While the grand days of the railroad’s direct influence may have faded, remnants of that era still whisper from the grain elevators that stand sentinel on the edge of town, their immense silhouettes a testament to the agricultural engine that powers Westport. The local diner, a modest brick building with a perpetually steamy window, serves as the unstated heart of the community, a place where the day’s news is exchanged over coffee and pie, and where the collective memory of Westport is kept alive, not in grand monuments, but in shared stories and familiar faces.
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| Location | Westport, Pope County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.714964°N, 95.167251°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56385 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Westport, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westport, 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 Westport includes coordinates 45.714964°N, 95.167251°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. 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.
