WXK44: NOAA Weather Radio, Willmar
WXK44 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.475 MHz (WX3 on most receivers) from Willmar, with the transmitter at New London, Minnesota, at 600 W. The National Weather Service office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN programs it. It covers 13 counties.
The transmitter and its neighbors
WXK44 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.
- On the air
- Degraded
- Off the air
The transmitter
- Call sign
- WXK44
- Frequency
- 162.475 MHz (WX3)
- Power
- 600 W
- Status
- On the air
- Station
- Willmar
- Transmitter site
- New London
- State
- Minnesota
- NWS office
- Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
- Location
- 45.3428, -95.0079
Counties covered
Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton | Minnesota | 027009 | Whole county |
| Chippewa | Minnesota | 027023 | Whole county |
| Kandiyohi | Minnesota | 027067 | Whole county |
| Lac qui Parle | Minnesota | 027073 | Whole county |
| McLeod | Minnesota | 027085 | Whole county |
| Meeker | Minnesota | 027093 | Whole county |
| Pope | Minnesota | 027121 | Whole county |
| Renville | Minnesota | 027129 | Whole county |
| Stearns | Minnesota | 027145 | Whole county |
| Stevens | Minnesota | 027149 | Whole county |
| Swift | Minnesota | 027151 | Whole county |
| Wright | Minnesota | 027171 | Whole county |
| Yellow Medicine | Minnesota | 027173 | Whole county |
Nearby transmitters
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Sources
Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.