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Weather in Brooks, Minnesota

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Brooks, MN
Sunday, May 17 at 2:05 AM
48
°
Clear
Feels like
42°
Humidity
54%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Sunset
8:56 PM
Brooks, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
67°
9p
65°
10p
64°
11p
63°
12a
62°
1a
59°
2a
58°
3a
58°
4a
58°
5a
56°
6a
59°
7a
62°
8a
66°
9a
70°
10a
73°
11a
75°
12p
77°
1p
78°
2p
77°
3p
77°
4p
76°
5p
75°
6p
72°
7p
70°
8p
L 56°H 78°
Brooks, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    58°43°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Light Rain
    61%
    63°38°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Heavy Drizzle
    56%
    48°41°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Drizzle
    58%
    43°38°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    61°35°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Light Drizzle
    32%
    62°45°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Light Drizzle
    17%
    63°51°
Brooks, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
013° · veering 104°
Direction
NNE
013°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 13
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 13 · pk 33 @ 7:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 104° from the nne.
Brooks, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
973.0
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 28.73 inHg
Now
973.0
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
-0.2
mb
24h
+8.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 964974
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Brooks, MN
Air quality
31
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
0.7 μg/m³
PM 10
0.7 μg/m³
NO₂
2.3 μg/m³
Ozone
57.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Brooks, MN
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:09 AM
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Daylight
15h 12m
Sunset
8:56 PM
Civil dusk
2:34 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Brooks, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:39 AM
Moonset
2:38 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Brooks, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows

plant
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Brooks at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
  • Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.

Right now in the garden

Cool-season window is open

As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).

ZIP codes in Brooks

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.