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Roy Lake, Minnesota Weather

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

Roy Lake, MN
Thursday, June 4 at 8:17 PM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
48%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Sunset
9:13 PM
Roy Lake, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRoy Lake, MN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 73 degrees Fahrenheit with a 23% chance of precipitation at 9 AM.
L 59°H 73°
Roy Lake, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Heavy Drizzle
    28%
    0.04″
    81°62°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    0.02″
    73°59°-8°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    82°56°+9°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    10%
    84°60°+2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Showers
    66%
    0.27″
    71°65°-13°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Foggy
    18%
    84°65°+13°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    33%
    89°67°+5°
Roy Lake, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
215° · veering 58°
Direction
SW
215°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 5
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 5 · pk 22 @ 9:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 169SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 58° from the sw.
Roy Lake, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
958.0
-2.2 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 28.29 inHg
Now
958.0
mb
3h
-2.2
mb
12h
-2.8
mb
24h
-4.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 956962
950955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW961.5956.4956.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Roy Lake, MN
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
+2 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 46 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
98μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 46 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 46
UV peak
5.7 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 46

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.1 µg/m³ (AQI 28) with a 0.78 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.78
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Roy Lake, MN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
18%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
79.1mi
UNLIMITED
112 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
20:17 UTC ·Roy 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
20:17 UTC ·Roy Lake, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Roy Lake, MN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Roy Lake, MN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Roy Lake, MN
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:50 AM
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Daylight
15h 46m
Sunset
9:13 PM
Civil dusk
2:53 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Roy Lake, MN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
5:19 AM
Moonset
1:59 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Roy Lake, MN
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Roy Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 30 (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 — Roy Lake

SPC has placed Roy Lake 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 Roy 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.