Wheaton, Minnesota Weather
Wheaton, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wheaton, Traverse County.
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About Wheaton, Minnesota
Wheaton, Minnesota, lies under a sky that stretches with an almost startling immensity, a vast canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of twilight. It lies 75.0 miles south of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 170°T), and is situated 16.6 miles north of Graceville. The land here, in Traverse County, is an expanse of gently rolling terrain, a sea of cultivated fields that ripple outwards to the horizon, broken only by the occasional cluster of trees sheltering a farmhouse or the glint of a distant water tower. The air carries a clean, dry scent, a blend of tilled earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wildflowers that stubbornly push through the cultivated rows. In the quietude of late afternoon, the silence is profound, broken only by the hum of unseen insects or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling overhead, a solitary sentinel against the boundless sky. The history of Wheaton is etched in the very grain of this prairie land, a story of hardy settlers who carved their lives from the rich soil. This was a place built on the back of agriculture, with grain elevators standing like silent monuments to generations of farming, their silhouettes stark against the vast prairie sunsets. The local economy, though diversified in subtle ways, still feels the enduring pulse of the harvest, the rhythm of planting and reaping that dictates the seasons and the livelihoods of its people. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Wheaton possesses a quiet character, a resilience born of isolation and self-reliance, where the community’s strength is found not in bustling crowds but in the enduring bonds forged by shared experience and a deep respect for the land that sustains them.
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| Location | Wheaton, Traverse County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45.804405°N, 96.499233°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56296 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wheaton, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wheaton, 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 Wheaton includes coordinates 45.804405°N, 96.499233°W, situated in Traverse County. ZIP code 56296. 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.
