Weather in La Crescent, Minnesota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
La Crescent, MN
Saturday, May 16 at 11:55 PM
81
°
Overcast
Feels like
76°
Humidity
21%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:38 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
La Crescent, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
73°
6p
71°
7p
69°
8p
65°
19%
9p
61°
36%
10p
61°
36%
11p
59°
43%
12a
57°
31%
1a
56°
2a
57°
3a
57°
4a
57°
5a
57°
6a
59°
7a
62°
8a
66°
9a
71°
10a
74°
11a
77°
12p
80°
1p
82°
2p
84°
3p
86°
4p
86°
5p
La Crescent, MN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Rain76%84°59°
- SundayMay 17Drizzle46%75°56°
- MondayMay 18Showers92%74°63°
- TuesdayMay 19Showers92%65°47°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—60°45°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle—62°40°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle—56°47°
La Crescent, MN
Next 24 hours · Mild now
La Crescent, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WNW
300° · veering 33°
Direction
WNW
300°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 5
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
La Crescent, MN
Air quality
56
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 6.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 8.9 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 100.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.9 Low
La Crescent, MN
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:06 AM
Sunrise
5:38 AM
Daylight
14h 47m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
1:59 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
La Crescent, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 9:58 AM
- Moonset
- 12:39 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
La Crescent, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
weather
La Crescent 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: 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).