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Weather in Shafer, Minnesota

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

Shafer, MN
Saturday, May 16 at 11:55 PM
75
°
Clear
Feels like
66°
Humidity
21%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Sunset
8:35 PM
Shafer, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
75°
19%
6p
69°
51%
7p
62°
77%
8p
61°
42%
9p
59°
25%
10p
59°
10%
11p
59°
12a
59°
1a
59°
2a
59°
3a
58°
4a
57°
5a
57°
6a
59°
7a
62°
8a
66°
9a
72°
10a
75°
11a
80°
12p
83°
1p
84°
2p
86°
3p
86°
4p
86°
5p
L 57°H 86°
Shafer, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Partly Cloudy
    77°48°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Rain
    51%
    64°50°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Rain
    79%
    60°54°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Drizzle
    86%
    54°44°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    58°38°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    14%
    62°40°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Drizzle
    15%
    54°45°
Shafer, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
290° · steady
Direction
WNW
290°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 9
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 9 · pk 30 @ 1:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the wnw.
Shafer, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
978.2
+0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 28.89 inHg
Now
978.2
mb
3h
+0.1
mb
12h
+0.7
mb
24h
+6.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 971979
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Shafer, MN
Air quality
53
AQI
Moderate
PM 2.5
5.4 μg/m³
PM 10
6.4 μg/m³
NO₂
1.3 μg/m³
Ozone
110.0 μg/m³
UV Index
1.1 Low
Shafer, MN
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:06 AM
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Daylight
14h 56m
Sunset
8:35 PM
Civil dusk
2:11 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Shafer, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
9:58 AM
Moonset
12:51 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Shafer, 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 →

Shafer at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 18 (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 Shafer

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.