Weather in Knife River, Minnesota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Knife River, MN
Saturday, May 16 at 11:55 PM
60
°
Clear
Feels like
51°
Humidity
40%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Sunset
8:36 PM
Knife River, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
55°
6p
54°
26%
7p
49°
45%
8p
46°
47%
9p
42°
28%
10p
45°
11p
46°
17%
12a
47°
19%
1a
46°
2a
47°
3a
47°
4a
45°
5a
42°
6a
46°
7a
48°
8a
54°
9a
59°
10a
63°
11a
64°
12p
70°
1p
77°
2p
84°
3p
84°
4p
83°
5p
Knife River, MN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—74°50°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain58%48°39°
- MondayMay 18Heavy Rain88%54°39°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Showers91%43°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—48°39°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast22%55°38°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle13%47°43°
Knife River, MN
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Knife River, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
316° · veering 26°
Direction
NW
316°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
32
avg 11
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
Knife River, MN
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.6 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 72.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.9 Low
Knife River, MN
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
9:56 AM
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Daylight
15h 06m
Sunset
8:36 PM
Civil dusk
2:13 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Knife River, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 9:48 AM
- Moonset
- 12:52 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Knife River, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
weather
Knife River at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 28 (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).