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Weather in Rock Creek, Minnesota

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rock Creek, MN
Saturday, May 16 at 11:04 PM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
63°
Humidity
23%
Wind
16 mph
Sunrise
5:38 AM
Sunset
8:37 PM
Rock Creek, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
71°
32%
6p
63°
46%
7p
59°
52%
8p
59°
30%
9p
59°
11%
10p
59°
11p
58°
12%
12a
57°
1a
57°
2a
57°
3a
56°
4a
55°
5a
53°
6a
55°
7a
60°
8a
64°
9a
68°
10a
73°
11a
76°
12p
79°
1p
82°
2p
84°
3p
84°
4p
83°
5p
L 53°H 84°
Rock Creek, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Clear
    76°50°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Heavy Rain
    60%
    59°48°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Rain
    83%
    56°48°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Drizzle
    87%
    53°43°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    59°34°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    16%
    64°40°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Light Drizzle
    10%
    58°49°
Rock Creek, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
284° · veering 48°
Direction
WNW
284°
Sustained
16
mph
Gust
25
mph
Peak 24h
34
avg 10
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
avg 10 · pk 34 @ 3:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 16 mph with gusts pulsing to 25 — flags snap, branches bend.
Rock Creek, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
978.1
-0.9 mb in 3h · rising · 28.88 inHg
Now
978.1
mb
3h
-0.9
mb
12h
+0.6
mb
24h
+6.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 971980
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Rock Creek, MN
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
3.9 μg/m³
PM 10
4.5 μg/m³
NO₂
0.6 μg/m³
Ozone
101.0 μg/m³
UV Index
1.0 Low
Rock Creek, MN
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:05 AM
Sunrise
5:38 AM
Daylight
14h 59m
Sunset
8:37 PM
Civil dusk
2:13 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Rock Creek, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
9:57 AM
Moonset
12:53 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Rock Creek, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows

weather
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rock Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 21 (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).

ZIP codes in Rock Creek

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.