Navigation

Alerts

alert
Dakota County
alert
Hennepin County
alert
Scott County
+ 2 others

 

Affiliations

  • anything weather
  • awekas
  • citizen weather observer program quality checked by madis
  • midwestern weather network member
  • north american weather network member
  • personal weather stations
  • united states weather group
  • weather for you
  • wcco television weather data
  • weatherbug uses our weather data
  • weather underground wunderground rapid fire contributor as seen on wcco tv site
  • USA Weather Finder
  • United States Weather Group
DAKOTA COUNTY AREA WEATHER ALERTS

Greater Twin City Area Current Radar I35/Hwy 70 (205th) Traffic Cam
WCCO Regional Radar MN DOT I-35 Traffic Cam North of Cty. 70 pointing south
Camera might point north, or south towards Hwy. 70
Radar image courtesy of WCCO and Traffic from MN DOT.
spacer
METRIC | IMPERIAL
Updated: 05/17/2012 @ 11:40:00 am  
Temperature Current Conditions Forecast
Current temperature, daily max/min Currently Outside: Warmer 5.9°F than last hour.
71.2°F

Feels like:  77°F
---
High Today
71.3°F
11:39 AM		 Low Today
48.7°F
4:08 AM
Rec* High
77.6°F
2010		 Rec* Low
32.3°F
2009
* Records from this Station Since 2007
Partly cloudy, Dry It is Partly cloudy, Dry

Wind from SSE Wind:  SSE
6.4
Gusting to:
 21.0 mph
Current Rain Rain:
0.00 in
This
Afternoon
Slight Chance Showers. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Slight Chc
Showers
Hi 79 °F 		Tonight

Breezy
Breezy

Lo 60 °F 		Friday

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 88 °F

Click here for full Forecast
Chandler Burning Index Chandler Burning Index: LOW Currently:
24.4
at 11:40 AM
Dew Point Liquid Precipitation Wind Sun/Moon
Dew Point: 49.4°F Increased 1.1°F since last hour.
In Last Hour: +1.1°F
High Dew
Point: 		52.1°F
at 11:12 AM
Low Dew
Point: 		37.2°F
at 12:58 AM
Wetbulb: 59.3°F
Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
Last 7 Days: 0.09 in
May Rain: Over 2.16 in for the month 5.43 in
May Avg: 3.27 in
Diff from Avg: 2.16 in
Rain Season:1 12.47 in
Last YTD Rain:1 10.18 in
Last Rain
Time/Date: 		5/14/2012
at 7:08 PM
64 rain days in 2012
10 days in May
3 days since last rain
Currently: SSE at
6.4 mph
Gusting To: 21.0 mph
Max Gust: 29.0@  11:13 AM
1Hr Average: 4.7 mph
Max Gust
This Month: 		40.0 mph
on  May 6
Wind Run: 14.55 miles
Daylight:
Possible hours of Daylight
14:53

+0:02
Minutes
Morning Crescent, 26 days, 9 hours, 22 minutes in cycle
10%
Illuminated
Humidity Barometer
Humidity: Decreased 8% since last hour. 46 %
In Last Hour: -8%
High
Today		 77%
at 4:38 AM
Low
Today		 44%
at 11:28 AM
Current: Falling 0.029 °F/hr 29.848 .in inHg
In Last Hour: Falling slowly
High
Today:		 30.016 in.
at 12:24 AM
Low
Today:		 29.847 in.
at 11:35 AM
Cooling Degree Days Snow3 Heat Index Air
Today: 0.0
May: 12.6
2012 to Date: 21.1
Heating Degree Days
2012 to Date: 3496.6
Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
May: Under 0.039 in for the month 0.00 in
May Avg: 0.04 in
Diff from Avg: -0.04 in
Season Total:2 21.40 in
Snow Depth: 0.00 in
0 snow day in May
38 snow days this season.2
Current: 77.0°F
Today: 77.4°F  11:08 AM
Yesterday: 77.3°F
Record: 134.6°F
Jul-19-2011
Quality
Index6:
34

Good
Density:
1.189 kg/m3
UV Summary/Forecast Current Solar Energy
17 May 2012   High   7.2   
18 May 2012   High   7.7   
19 May 2012   Very High   8.5   
Energy: 580 W/m2 (54 %)
High: 905 at  11:24 AM
Feels like: 79.9°F
Almanac Irrigation Index5 Station All Time Records Cloud Level
Currently: Morning
YTD Avg Temp: 41.9°F
Sunrise: 5:42 AM
Sunset: 8:35 PM
Moonrise: 3:48 AM
Moonset: 5:36 PM
Full Moon: 6 May 2012
New Moon: 23:48 UTC 20 May 2012
Updated at Midnight
Current ET: 0.10 in   
7-Days Rain: 0.09 in   
7-Days ET: 1.45 in   
7-Day: -1.362 in 1.362 in water in deficit of what evaporated in last 7 days.
May: 2.84 in 2.84 in water in excess of what evaporated this month.
Support this Site!
Your donation helps support this site
HIGHS: LOWS:
101.5°F
Jun-7-2011 		-29.0°F
Jan-16-2009
Daytime Records
    90.7°F
01-Jul-2011 		  -15.5°F
15-Jan-2009
Nitetime Records
  83.5°F
20-Jul-2011 		-20.0°F
16-Jan-2009
ICN:5 | ISS:Ok | CON:4.6 | RCP:99%
1 Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st.    2 Snow season July 1st to June 30th.    3 Snow manually measured at various times during the day..    5 Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week. (Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present.) 6 Air Quality Index is provided by Minnesota Polution Control Agency and is updated hourly between the hours of 6am and midnight.
 NWS Weather Forecast  -   Outlook This Afternoon & Tonight
This
Afternoon
Slight Chance Showers. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Slight Chc
Showers
Hi 79 °F 		NWS forecast: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Windy, with a south wind between 20 and 30 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.
Tonight

Breezy
Breezy

Lo 60 °F		 NWS forecast: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Breezy, with a south wind between 11 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
 NWS Short Term Weather Forecast
Friday

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 88 °F 		Friday
Night
Mostly Clear
Mostly
Clear
Lo 66 °F 		Saturday

Mostly Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 86 °F 		Saturday
Night
Chance Thunderstorms. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 50%
Chance
Tstms
Lo 63 °F 		Sunday

Chance Thunderstorms. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 40%
Chance
Tstms
Hi 73 °F 		Sunday
Night
Slight Chance Thunderstorms
Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 51 °F 		Monday

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 72 °F
Version 6.09a 10-MAR-2011 - Script Mods by: WebsterWeatherLIVE.com