Weather in Empire, Minnesota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Empire, MN
Saturday, May 16 at 11:55 PM
77
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
70°
Humidity
20%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Sunset
8:34 PM
Empire, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
77°
16%
6p
68°
44%
7p
65°
63%
8p
61°
60%
9p
59°
32%
10p
60°
11%
11p
60°
12a
61°
1a
61°
2a
60°
10%
3a
59°
4a
58°
5a
58°
6a
59°
7a
63°
8a
66°
9a
71°
10a
76°
11a
81°
12p
83°
1p
85°
2p
87°
3p
88°
4p
87°
5p
Empire, MN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—80°54°
- SundayMay 17Drizzle44%63°53°
- MondayMay 18Heavy Drizzle89%65°56°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle89%55°45°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—59°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast12%63°42°
- FridayMay 22Drizzle12%54°48°
Empire, MN
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Empire, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WNW
295° · backing 48°
Direction
WNW
295°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 7
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Empire, MN
Air quality
55
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 6.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 7.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.0 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 113.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.1 Low
Empire, MN
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:10 AM
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Daylight
14h 52m
Sunset
8:34 PM
Civil dusk
2:09 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Empire, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:02 AM
- Moonset
- 12:49 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Empire, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
weather
Empire at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 14 (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 16, 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).