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Battle Lake, Minnesota Weather

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Battle Lake weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Battle Lake, MN
Thursday, June 4 at 9:09 AM
63
°
Overcast
Feels like
63°
Humidity
90%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Sunset
9:09 PM
Battle Lake, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBattle Lake, MN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 83°
Battle Lake, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Drizzle
    43%
    0.06″
    83°62°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    40%
    80°61°-3°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    78°55°-2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    12%
    81°59°+3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    59%
    75°63°-6°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    30%
    76°61°+1°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    30%
    89°65°+13°
Battle Lake, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
217° · veering 42°
Direction
SW
217°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 12
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 12 · pk 33 @ 1:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 218SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 42° from the sw.
Battle Lake, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
963.2
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 28.44 inHg
Now
963.2
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-1.8
mb
24h
-7.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 963972
955960965970975980-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW971.5963.2963.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Battle Lake, MN
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
-13 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 40 now. AQI down 13 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 13 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
1.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
2μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
85μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 40 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 13 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 40
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 13
Battle Lake, MN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
28.5mi
UNLIMITED
102 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
09:09 UTC ·Battle Lake, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
09:09 UTC ·Battle Lake, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Battle Lake, MN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Battle Lake, MN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Battle Lake, MN
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:56 AM
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Daylight
15h 37m
Sunset
9:09 PM
Civil dusk
2:48 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Battle Lake, MN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
86% illuminated
Moonrise
5:15 AM
Moonset
2:04 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Battle Lake, MN
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Battle Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 24 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Battle Lake

SPC has placed Battle Lake in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Battle 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.