Northfield, MN Weather Forecast
Rice County, Minnesota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Northfield, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Northfield, MN at a glance
Northfield is home to about 21,020 people in Rice County, across 8.5 square miles. It ranks 58th by population of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Elko New Market, 11 miles away.
- County
- Rice County
- Population
- 21,020 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,480
- Forecast point
- 44.4556°N, 93.1703°W
How well can the network see Northfield?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMPX (Minneapolis, MN), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,100 ft above Northfield. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Northfield is closer to its radar than 65% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSYN (Stanton Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Northfield
- Elko New Market, MN11 mi
- Faribault, MN12 mi
- Lonsdale, MN13 mi
- New Market, MN13 mi
- Farmington, MN14 mi
- Cannon Falls, MN14 mi
- Lakeville, MN16 mi
- Empire, MN16 mi
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