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Weather in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Sleepy Eye, MN
Sunday, May 17 at 12:49 AM
76
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
70°
Humidity
20%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
Sleepy Eye, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
71°
27%
7p
68°
8p
68°
9p
65°
10p
68°
11p
65°
12a
66°
1a
62°
2a
60°
3a
58°
4a
55°
5a
54°
6a
57°
7a
64°
8a
72°
9a
80°
10a
84°
11a
86°
12p
87°
1p
89°
2p
88°
3p
89°
4p
88°
5p
87°
6p
L 54°H 89°
Sleepy Eye, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    80°50°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Rain
    48%
    70°54°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Drizzle
    90%
    63°53°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    90%
    50°43°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    61°44°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    13%
    65°45°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Heavy Drizzle
    14%
    56°52°
Sleepy Eye, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NE
036° · veering 53°
Direction
NE
036°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 8
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
avg 8 · pk 26 @ 12:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Sleepy Eye, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
973.7
+0.4 mb in 3h · rising · 28.75 inHg
Now
973.7
mb
3h
+0.4
mb
12h
-1.6
mb
24h
+4.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 968976
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Sleepy Eye, MN
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
5.8 μg/m³
PM 10
7.2 μg/m³
NO₂
0.7 μg/m³
Ozone
105.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.4 Low
Sleepy Eye, MN
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:18 AM
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Daylight
14h 50m
Sunset
8:40 PM
Civil dusk
2:14 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Sleepy Eye, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:51 AM
Moonset
2:16 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Sleepy Eye, MN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows

plant
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Sleepy Eye at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 12 (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).

ZIP codes in Sleepy Eye

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.