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Weather in Cook, Minnesota

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

Cook, MN
Sunday, May 17 at 1:01 AM
51
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
44°
Humidity
43%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Sunset
8:43 PM
Cook, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
32%
8p
59°
27%
9p
58°
20%
10p
57°
14%
11p
57°
12%
12a
57°
1a
56°
2a
56°
3a
56°
4a
55°
5a
55°
6a
56°
7a
60°
8a
65°
9a
70°
10a
74°
11a
76°
12p
78°
1p
78°
2p
79°
3p
79°
4p
79°
5p
79°
6p
76°
7p
L 55°H 79°
Cook, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    63°44°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Rain
    46%
    59°37°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Light Drizzle
    73%
    50°43°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Rain
    85%
    42°35°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    60°29°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    19%
    65°36°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Light Drizzle
    12%
    50°45°
Cook, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
335° · veering 106°
Direction
NNW
335°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
31
avg 10
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 10 · pk 31 @ 9:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 106° from the nnw.
Cook, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
965.6
-1.6 mb in 3h · falling · 28.51 inHg
Now
965.6
mb
3h
-1.6
mb
12h
+3.1
mb
24h
+10.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 955967
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Cook, MN
Air quality
29
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
0.6 μg/m³
PM 10
0.6 μg/m³
NO₂
0.5 μg/m³
Ozone
65.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.1 Low
Cook, MN
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:55 AM
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Daylight
15h 13m
Sunset
8:43 PM
Civil dusk
2:21 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Cook, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:25 AM
Moonset
2:24 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Cook, 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 →

Cook at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°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 Cook

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.