Blooming Prairie, Minnesota Weather
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Blooming Prairie weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Light Drizzle17%—83°65°—
- SundayJul 5Overcast26%—80°65°-3°
- MondayJul 6Light Drizzle——81°64°+1°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——83°63°+2°
- WednesdayJul 8Thunderstorm56%0.01″79°66°-4°
- ThursdayJul 9Overcast56%—78°57°-1°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle——74°62°-4°
AQI 41 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 7 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 55 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 55 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 55
- UV peak
- 4.8 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 55
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 10.5 µg/m³ (AQI 54) with a 0.77 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.77
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:13 PM
- Moonset
- 10:14 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the afternoon
Blooming Prairie at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 9 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 55917
16-Day Forecast — Blooming Prairie
- Sat83°65°17%
- Sun80°65°26%
- Mon81°64°4%
- Tue83°63°5%
- Wed79°66°56%
- Thu78°57°56%
- Fri74°62°9%
- Sat75°55°8%
- Sun75°56°12%
- Mon77°57°6%
- Tue80°60°7%
- Wed80°62°15%
- Thu79°64°26%
- Fri76°62°29%
- Sat70°58°17%
- Sun76°59°19%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Blooming Prairie
SPC includes Blooming Prairie in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3NONENo severe risk
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Blooming Prairie
- 55917