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Lake St. Croix Beach, Minnesota Weather

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

Lake St. Croix Beach weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
Saturday, July 4 at 12:53 PM
79
°
Clear
Feels like
90°
Humidity
71%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
12:30 AM
Sunset
4:00 PM
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake St. Croix Beach, MN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a 21% chance of precipitation at 9 PM.
L 67°H 85°
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Heavy Rain
    21%
    1.1″
    85°66°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Rain
    19%
    0.15″
    85°67°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    85°66°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Thunderstorm
    11%
    0.02″
    87°66°+2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Showers
    55%
    0.67″
    74°62°-13°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    55%
    80°59°+6°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    76°58°-4°
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
032° · backing 148°
Direction
NNE
032°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 3
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 3 · pk 21 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 224SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
990.2
-0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.24 inHg
Now
990.2
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
+0.8
mb
24h
+1.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 988991
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW990.8987.5990.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
+3 in 6h

AQI 49 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 13.2 µg/m³ (AQI 59) with a 0.75 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
13.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
18μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
99μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 47 now. With UV 6.5 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 41 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 47
UV peak
6.5 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 41

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 13.2 µg/m³ (AQI 59) with a 0.75 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.75
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
2%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
48.1mi
UNLIMITED
64 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
17:53 UTC · Lake St. Croix Beach, 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
17:53 UTC · Lake St. Croix Beach, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:54 AM
Sunrise
12:30 AM
Daylight
15h 30m
Sunset
4:00 PM
Civil dusk
9:38 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
80% illuminated
Moonrise
11:13 PM
Moonset
10:11 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Lake St. Croix Beach, MN
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lake St. Croix Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 16 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Lake St. Croix Beach

  1. Sat85°66°21%
  2. Sun85°67°19%
  3. Mon85°66°4%
  4. Tue87°66°11%
  5. Wed74°62°55%
  6. Thu80°59°55%
  7. Fri76°58°8%
  8. Sat78°55°11%
  9. Sun80°57°17%
  10. Mon82°57°7%
  11. Tue84°62°5%
  12. Wed84°67°13%
  13. Thu83°68°11%
  14. Fri78°64°16%
  15. Sat70°61°26%
  16. Sun82°58°29%

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 — Lake St. Croix Beach

SPC includes Lake St. Croix Beach in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

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 Lake St. Croix Beach

  • 55043

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.