Weather in Rochester, Minnesota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Rochester, MN
Sunday, May 17 at 1:03 AM
73
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
68°
Humidity
27%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Sunset
8:30 PM
Rochester, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
65°
43%
8p
61°
55%
9p
59°
61%
10p
58°
23%
11p
58°
12a
58°
1a
57°
2a
58°
3a
57°
4a
56°
5a
54°
6a
56°
7a
60°
8a
66°
9a
69°
10a
74°
11a
78°
12p
82°
1p
84°
2p
86°
3p
87°
4p
86°
5p
84°
6p
76°
20%
7p
Rochester, MN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast13%80°53°
- SundayMay 17Rain36%71°54°
- MondayMay 18Showers94%70°61°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Rain94%60°45°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—58°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—61°40°
- FridayMay 22Drizzle—51°47°
Rochester, MN
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Rochester, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
N
354° · backing 96°
Direction
N
354°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
16
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
Rochester, MN
Air quality
66
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 7.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 10.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 7.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 97.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Rochester, MN
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:10 AM
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
8:30 PM
Civil dusk
2:04 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Rochester, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:43 AM
- Moonset
- 2:06 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Rochester, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Rochester at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 10 (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 17, 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).