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Fertile, Minnesota Weather

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

Fertile, MN
Thursday, June 4 at 4:17 PM
72
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
74°
Humidity
71%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Sunset
9:17 PM
Fertile, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFertile, MN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit with a 20% chance of precipitation at 2 PM.
L 59°H 80°
Fertile, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    80°60°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    74°59°-6°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Clear
    81°57°+7°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    12%
    84°64°+3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Drizzle
    52%
    75°63°-9°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Thunderstorm
    21%
    86°63°+11°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    33%
    0.07″
    89°69°+3°
Fertile, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
186° · steady
Direction
S
186°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
25
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 25 @ 5:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 269SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the s.
Fertile, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
970.8
-1.4 mb in 3h · falling · 28.67 inHg
Now
970.8
mb
3h
-1.4
mb
12h
-1.2
mb
24h
-5.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 970975
965970975980-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW975.1970.0970.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Fertile, MN
Air quality
29
AQI
Good
-3 in 6hPeak ~38 @ 10 PM

Ozone at AQI 34 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). With UV 5.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 26 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
72μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34 now. With UV 5.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 26 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
5.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 26

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.6 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.6 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.85
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Fertile, MN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
20%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
45.9mi
UNLIMITED
91 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
16:17 UTC ·Fertile, 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
16:17 UTC ·Fertile, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fertile, MN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fertile, MN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fertile, MN
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:52 AM
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Daylight
15h 48m
Sunset
9:17 PM
Civil dusk
2:57 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fertile, MN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
5:23 AM
Moonset
2:02 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Fertile, MN
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fertile at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 31 (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 — Fertile

SPC has placed Fertile in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Fertile

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.