Windom, Minnesota Weather
Windom, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Windom, Cottonwood County.
Full aviation weather for Windom is published on the Windom Municipal Airport (KMWM) page, 5 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. 6 airfields within reach of Windom 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 Windom: Jackson Municipal Airport (KMJQ) 26 km · Springfield Municipal Airport (KD42) 42 km · Worthington Municipal Airport (KOTG) 44 km · St James Municipal Airport (KJYG) 47 km · Spirit Lake Municipal Airport (K0F3) 53 km
Conditions reported at KMWM describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Windom specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Windom.
About Windom, Minnesota
Windom unfolds across a broad, fertile plain, a place where the horizon stretches with a quiet insistence, punctuated by the patient silhouettes of grain elevators against a sky that can shift from the pale, watery blue of morning to the bruised purples of an approaching storm. It lies 34.3 miles south-west of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 223°T), and is situated 18.1 miles north-north-west of Jackson. The land here, a rich loam, rolls gently, a vast, cultivated quilt stitched with the emerald of summer corn and the gold of ripening wheat, the fields exhaling a scent of damp earth and sun-baked stubble that hangs in the air. Along the Des Moines River, a vein of life through the landscape, stands of cottonwood trees offer a deep, cool shade, their leaves rustling like whispered secrets in the prairie breeze, and the water itself, a placid ribbon, reflects the immense, ever-changing canvas above. The story of Windom is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this region, a legacy that began with settlers drawn to the fertile soil and the promise of prosperity. The local economy remains anchored by the cultivation and processing of crops, a steady hum of activity that pulses through the days, from the early morning trucks heading to market to the late afternoon glow of drying grain. History whispers from the sturdy brick buildings downtown, remnants of a time when railroads first brought commerce and connection to this corner of Cottonwood County, and the annual celebration of its agricultural heritage, a vibrant display of community pride, continues to draw neighbors and visitors alike.
Live animated radar for Windom 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Windom, Cottonwood County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 43.866346°N, 95.116937°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 56101 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Windom, Minnesota Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Windom, 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 Windom includes coordinates 43.866346°N, 95.116937°W, situated in Cottonwood County. ZIP code 56101. 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.
