Weather StoryAlmanac, microseasons, and the day's weather story.

Weather in Mountain Lake, Minnesota

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

Mountain Lake, MN
Sunday, May 17 at 3:44 AM
63
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
56°
Humidity
43%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:52 AM
Sunset
8:39 PM
Mountain Lake, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
67°
10p
68°
11p
66°
12a
65°
1a
63°
2a
61°
3a
61°
4a
59°
5a
57°
6a
59°
7a
66°
8a
75°
9a
79°
10a
82°
11a
85°
12p
86°
1p
88°
2p
89°
3p
89°
4p
89°
5p
89°
6p
87°
7p
85°
8p
76°
9p
L 57°H 89°
Mountain Lake, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    80°51°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Light Rain
    44%
    76°54°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Drizzle
    93%
    61°49°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Drizzle
    93%
    50°42°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    61°42°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    10%
    65°46°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Heavy Drizzle
    15%
    56°52°
Mountain Lake, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
057° · veering 145°
Direction
ENE
057°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 8
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
avg 8 · pk 27 @ 3:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 145° from the ene.
Mountain Lake, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
963.5
+1.1 mb in 3h · steady · 28.45 inHg
Now
963.5
mb
3h
+1.1
mb
12h
-2.2
mb
24h
+2.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 961966
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mountain Lake, MN
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
6.6 μg/m³
PM 10
7.9 μg/m³
NO₂
4.0 μg/m³
Ozone
70.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Mountain Lake, MN
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:20 AM
Sunrise
5:52 AM
Daylight
14h 47m
Sunset
8:39 PM
Civil dusk
2:14 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Mountain Lake, MN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:53 AM
Moonset
2:15 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Mountain Lake, 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 →

Mountain Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 10 (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 Mountain Lake

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.