Weather in Fairfax, Minnesota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Fairfax, MN
Sunday, May 17 at 4:54 AM
63
°
Overcast
Feels like
53°
Humidity
33%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:49 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
Fairfax, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
64°
11p
62°
12a
60°
1a
59°
2a
58°
3a
56°
4a
54°
5a
54°
6a
56°
7a
61°
8a
68°
9a
75°
10a
82°
11a
85°
12p
86°
1p
88°
2p
88°
3p
88°
4p
88°
5p
89°
6p
85°
7p
84°
8p
77°
9p
72°
10p
Fairfax, MN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—80°50°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain55%75°53°
- MondayMay 18Light Rain85%62°52°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle85%50°43°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—61°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast13%65°46°
- FridayMay 22Heavy Drizzle17%56°52°
Fairfax, MN
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Fairfax, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NE
044° · veering 101°
Direction
NE
044°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
38
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fairfax, MN
Air quality
46
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 4.2 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 4.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 3.0 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 70.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Fairfax, MN
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:17 AM
Sunrise
5:49 AM
Daylight
14h 51m
Sunset
8:40 PM
Civil dusk
2:15 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fairfax, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:50 AM
- Moonset
- 2:17 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Fairfax, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Fairfax at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 13 (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).