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MINNESOTA · HENNEPIN COUNTY

Minneapolis

428,579 people, 870 ft above sea level in Hennepin County.

870 ftElevation, city center
428,579People, 2024 estimate
54 sq miLand area
Mostly clear 64°
Mostly clear now Dew point 59° · S 13 mph · high 70°
City of Minneapolis River Interstate 2 miles
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The Minneapolis plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Minneapolis

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 AM CDT
RIGHT NOW Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP) · 3:53 AM
Mostly clear
64° Mostly clear Feels like 64° · high of 70° near 10 AM
WindS 13 mphno gusts
Humidity84%falling to 68% this afternoon
Pressure29.91 in ↘falling slowly
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsA few cloudsbases near 6,000 ft
UV index1 by 10 AMlow
Dew point 59° · Comfortable39° by Friday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Today, about 1 PMin about 8 hours · 59% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT0.3–0.8 inmost likely 0.5; 1 in 10 over 1
LAST RAINSept. 280.01 in · 1 dry day
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Ramsey County
NWS Twin Cities and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:37 AM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:08 AM6:58 PM ↓
11 h 49 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 91% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
33
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
59% · 0.22 in Tuesday afternoon 50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 55 to 64° ↑ The front passes Drier: 39° by Friday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 67° / 48°
TUE Sept. 29 Chance of showers Chance of showers
70° 62°
60% rain 0.3–0.8″ S 14, gusts 25 A
WED Sept. 30 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
76° 59°
0% rain — SW 5 B
THU Oct. 1 Mostly cloudy; cooler Mostly cloudy; cooler
67° 48°
0% rain — N 10 B
FRI Oct. 2 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
65° 48°
0% rain — NE 3 B
SAT Oct. 3 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
65° 49°
10% rain — SSW 10 C
SUN Oct. 4 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 45°
0% rain — NW 7 C
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 51°
0% rain — SSE 9 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
Map of a 72-hour back-trajectory: the air now over Minneapolis was over the central Plains three days ago.
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Minneapolis at 5,000 feet was over the central Plains three days ago, and over Ontario a day ago, about 580 miles back along its path. It has stayed over land the whole way. Traced hour by hour through GFS analyses of the 850 hPa wind.

THIS WEEK, THREE YEARS AGO Oct. 1, 2023

The hottest this week has been

92° on Oct. 1, 2023, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1871. Next is 91° in 1898.

91°
92°
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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Minneapolis-St Paul Area threaded record since 1871.
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ON THE NETWORK

Around Minneapolis on the Forecast Network

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St. Paul MN · 8 MI 8 miles east Bloomington MN · 10 MI 10 miles south Rochester MN · 76 MI 76 miles southeast Eau Claire WI · 87 MI 87 miles east Duluth MN · 136 MI 136 miles northeast Sioux Falls SD · 198 MI 198 miles southwest
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MINNESOTA · HENNEPIN

Minneapolis

428,579 people, 870 ft above sea level in Hennepin County.

870 ftElevation
428,579People
54 sq miLand
Mostly clear 64°
Mostly clearDew point 59°
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Today in Minneapolis

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy night 63° 0%
7a partly cloudy day 63° 1%
10a mostly cloudy day 66° 3%
1p rain 66° 35%
4p rain 64° 39%
7p mostly cloudy night 66° 28%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINToday about 1 PM · 59%
→
Tue60%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
62
70
A
Wed0%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
59
76
B
Thu0%
Mostly cloudy; cooler Mostly cloudy; cooler
48
67
B
Fri0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
48
65
B
Sat10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
49
65
C
Sun0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
45
64
C
Mon0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
51
64
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK, THREE YEARS AGO · OCT. 1, 2023

92°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1871.