Pelican Rapids, MN Weather Forecast
Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Pelican Rapids, 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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Pelican Rapids, MN at a glance
Pelican Rapids is home to about 2,597 people in Otter Tail County, across 2.6 square miles. It ranks 262nd by population of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Barnesville, 17 miles away.
- County
- Otter Tail County
- Population
- 2,597 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,006
- Forecast point
- 46.5703°N, 96.0859°W
How well can the network see Pelican Rapids?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMVX (Grand Forks, ND), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 8,000 ft above Pelican Rapids. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Pelican Rapids can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KFFM (Fergus Falls/Mickelson Fld). Far enough that current conditions for Pelican Rapids are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Pelican Rapids
- Barnesville, MN17 mi
- Fergus Falls, MN20 mi
- Detroit Lakes, MN20 mi
- Perham, MN24 mi
- Breckenridge, MN32 mi
- Wahpeton, ND32 mi
- Dilworth, MN36 mi
- Moorhead, MN37 mi
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