Weather in Taconite, Minnesota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Taconite, MN
Saturday, May 16 at 11:54 PM
53
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
46°
Humidity
56%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Sunset
8:44 PM
Taconite, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
66°
24%
6p
60°
24%
7p
59°
16%
8p
58°
11%
9p
58°
19%
10p
58°
16%
11p
57°
12a
56°
1a
55°
2a
55°
3a
54°
13%
4a
53°
5a
52°
6a
55°
7a
59°
8a
66°
9a
70°
10a
73°
11a
75°
12p
77°
1p
77°
2p
78°
3p
78°
4p
77°
5p
Taconite, MN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—64°46°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain49%58°39°
- MondayMay 18Light Drizzle70%53°44°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Rain89%43°36°
- WednesdayMay 20Foggy—60°30°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast20%65°36°
- FridayMay 22Overcast15%53°46°
Taconite, MN
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Taconite, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
329° · veering 45°
Direction
NNW
329°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
36
avg 10
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Taconite, MN
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 66.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.1 Low
Taconite, MN
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:00 AM
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Daylight
15h 09m
Sunset
8:44 PM
Civil dusk
2:21 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Taconite, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 9:53 AM
- Moonset
- 1:01 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Taconite, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
weather
Taconite at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 30 (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).