Weather in Tower, Minnesota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Tower, MN
Sunday, May 17 at 12:54 AM
50
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
42°
Humidity
55%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Sunset
8:41 PM
Tower, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
64°
25%
7p
63°
36%
8p
59°
42%
9p
57°
27%
10p
57°
22%
11p
56°
13%
12a
56°
1a
55°
2a
54°
3a
54°
4a
52°
11%
5a
52°
6a
54°
7a
57°
8a
62°
9a
68°
10a
72°
11a
75°
12p
76°
1p
77°
2p
77°
3p
78°
4p
77°
5p
77°
6p
Tower, MN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—62°43°
- SundayMay 17Rain55%57°38°
- MondayMay 18Drizzle84%49°43°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Rain89%42°35°
- WednesdayMay 20Foggy—59°30°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast21%64°36°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle11%52°44°
Tower, MN
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Tower, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
337° · veering 99°
Direction
NNW
337°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
31
avg 11
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
Tower, MN
Air quality
30
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.6 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 67.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.3 Low
Tower, MN
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:54 AM
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Daylight
15h 12m
Sunset
8:41 PM
Civil dusk
2:19 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Tower, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:24 AM
- Moonset
- 2:22 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Tower, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Tower at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 2 (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).