Big Lake, Minnesota Weather
Lesser ripening, greater heat. Day 91 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Big Lake weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 18Overcast——69°55°—
- FridayJun 19Thunderstorm83%0.20″75°49°+6°
- SaturdayJun 20Overcast——70°48°-5°
- SundayJun 21Overcast——71°51°+1°
- MondayJun 22Overcast——66°49°-5°
- TuesdayJun 23Light Drizzle31%0.05″59°52°-7°
- WednesdayJun 24Light Drizzle28%—67°52°+8°
AQI 28 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
Cut your thistles before St. John, you will have two instead of one.
- Moonrise
- 9:18 AM
- Moonset
- 11:49 PM
- In sign
- ♌︎ Leo
Lesser ripening, greater heat
Big Lake at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 16–20
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
15-Day Forecast — Big Lake
- Thu70°53°3%
- Fri75°49°83%
- Sat70°48°8%
- Sun71°51°7%
- Mon66°49°6%
- Tue59°52°31%
- Wed67°52°28%
- Thu74°52°21%
- Fri76°56°20%
- Sat74°62°21%
- Sun81°60°21%
- Mon80°62°36%
- Tue80°62°25%
- Wed73°58°27%
- Thu84°59°29%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 18, 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 — Big Lake
SPC has placed Big Lake in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
- 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 Big Lake
- 55309