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Freeborn, Minnesota Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Freeborn weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Freeborn, MN
Saturday, July 4 at 6:20 PM
81
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
87°
Humidity
68%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
12:38 AM
Sunset
3:59 PM
Freeborn, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFreeborn, MN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 66 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit with a 30% chance of precipitation at 7 PM.
L 66°H 81°
Freeborn, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    30%
    82°66°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Partly Cloudy
    17%
    81°66°-1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    83°67°+2°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    16%
    84°65°+1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    53%
    0.01″
    79°66°-5°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    53%
    78°57°-1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    76°59°-2°
Freeborn, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
274° · veering 103°
Direction
W
274°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
7
avg 4
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 4 · pk 7 @ 12:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 106SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Freeborn, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
971.5
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 28.69 inHg
Now
971.5
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
+1.4
mb
24h
+0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 970973
965970975980-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW972.6969.8971.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Freeborn, MN
Air quality
46
AQI
Good
+17 in 6h

AQI 46 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 17 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 50 — 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.

PM 2.5Good
7.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
106μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
1.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 50

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.79 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.79
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Freeborn, MN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
60%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
50.6mi
UNLIMITED
57 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
23:20 UTC · Freeborn, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
23:20 UTC · Freeborn, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Freeborn, MN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Freeborn, MN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Freeborn, MN
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:03 AM
Sunrise
12:38 AM
Daylight
15h 21m
Sunset
3:59 PM
Civil dusk
9:36 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Freeborn, MN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
11:15 PM
Moonset
10:16 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Freeborn, MN
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Freeborn at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°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: 56032

16-Day Forecast — Freeborn

  1. Sat82°66°30%
  2. Sun81°66°17%
  3. Mon83°67°3%
  4. Tue84°65°16%
  5. Wed79°66°53%
  6. Thu78°57°53%
  7. Fri76°59°8%
  8. Sat76°55°10%
  9. Sun77°57°11%
  10. Mon79°57°8%
  11. Tue81°60°6%
  12. Wed82°63°16%
  13. Thu85°67°23%
  14. Fri79°64°32%
  15. Sat72°58°23%
  16. Sun77°60°15%

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 — Freeborn

SPC includes Freeborn 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 Freeborn

  • 56032

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.