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Kingston, Minnesota Weather

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

Kingston, MN
Thursday, June 4 at 12:32 AM
79
°
Overcast
Feels like
76°
Humidity
39%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Sunset
8:59 PM
Kingston, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKingston, MN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit with a 61% chance of precipitation at 10 PM.
L 64°H 83°
Kingston, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    10%
    82°60°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Heavy Rain
    61%
    0.44″
    83°64°+1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    66%
    79°65°-4°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Clear
    12%
    80°58°+1°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    26%
    84°61°+4°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    59%
    0.01″
    75°66°-9°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Foggy
    33%
    78°67°+3°
Kingston, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
171° · veering 103°
Direction
S
171°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 9
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 9 · pk 22 @ 12:00a
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 3410SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 103° from the s.
Kingston, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
979.7
-1.7 mb in 3h · falling · 28.93 inHg
Now
979.7
mb
3h
-1.7
mb
12h
-7.6
mb
24h
-9.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 977986
9709759809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW986.3976.6976.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Kingston, MN
Air quality
77
AQI
Moderate
+37 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 76. AQI up 37 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

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

PM 2.5Good
4.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
123μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 76. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 76
UV peak
0.4 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Kingston, MN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
106.4mi
UNLIMITED
130 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
00:32 UTC ·Kingston, 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
00:32 UTC ·Kingston, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Kingston, MN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kingston, MN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kingston, MN
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:56 AM
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Daylight
15h 28m
Sunset
8:59 PM
Civil dusk
2:36 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Kingston, MN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
5:05 AM
Moonset
2:03 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Kingston, MN
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kingston at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 17 (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 — Kingston

SPC has placed Kingston in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal 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 Kingston

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.