Weather in Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Cottage Grove, MN
Sunday, May 17 at 12:51 AM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
67°
Humidity
25%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Sunset
8:34 PM
Cottage Grove, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
71°
38%
7p
66°
59%
8p
62°
70%
9p
61°
34%
10p
61°
11p
61°
12a
62°
1a
61°
10%
2a
61°
3a
61°
4a
60°
5a
59°
6a
60°
7a
63°
8a
66°
9a
70°
10a
75°
11a
80°
12p
83°
1p
85°
2p
86°
3p
87°
4p
85°
5p
86°
6p
Cottage Grove, MN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—79°55°
- SundayMay 17Rain53%65°52°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain87%64°56°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle87%55°46°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—59°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast14%63°41°
- FridayMay 22Drizzle14%54°48°
Cottage Grove, MN
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Cottage Grove, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
331° · backing 74°
Direction
NNW
331°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
31
avg 7
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
Cottage Grove, MN
Air quality
63
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 5.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 7.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 112.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.3 Low
Cottage Grove, MN
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:09 AM
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Daylight
14h 53m
Sunset
8:34 PM
Civil dusk
2:09 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Cottage Grove, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:41 AM
- Moonset
- 2:11 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Cottage Grove, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Cottage Grove at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 15 (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).