WXL65: NOAA Weather Radio, St. Cloud

162.400 MHz · 300 W · On the air

WXL65 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from St. Cloud, Minnesota, at 300 W. The National Weather Service office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN programs it. It covers 5 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXL65 (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: WXL65
Frequency: 162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power: 300 W
Status: On the air
Station: St. Cloud
State: Minnesota
NWS office: Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
Location: 45.5773, -94.2047

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
Mille Lacs	Minnesota	027095	S
Morrison	Minnesota	027097	Whole county
Sherburne	Minnesota	027141	Whole county
Stearns	Minnesota	027145	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

Weather radio in Minnesota Every transmitter The forecast here Alerts in force in Minnesota

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.