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Stillwater, Minnesota Weather

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

Stillwater, MN
Thursday, June 4 at 4:32 PM
79
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
81°
Humidity
58%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Sunset
8:53 PM
Stillwater, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastStillwater, MN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 8 PM.
L 64°H 85°
Stillwater, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    49%
    85°68°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    29%
    80°64°-5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Mostly Clear
    29%
    83°61°+3°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    22%
    0.01″
    79°63°-4°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Heavy Drizzle
    66%
    0.04″
    74°63°-5°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    52%
    86°67°+12°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    15%
    86°71°
Stillwater, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
192° · veering 20°
Direction
SSW
192°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
24
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 24 @ 4:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 193SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 20° from the ssw.
Stillwater, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
982.3
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.01 inHg
Now
982.3
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-3.1
mb
24h
-7.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 981989
9759809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW988.5981.4981.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Stillwater, MN
Air quality
40
AQI
Moderate
-3 in 6hPeak ~49 @ 11 PM

PM2.5 at 10.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 11.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneModerate
100μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 47. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 47
UV peak
4.4 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 14

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 11.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Stillwater, MN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
68%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
68.5mi
UNLIMITED
131 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
16:32 UTC ·Stillwater, 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
16:32 UTC ·Stillwater, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Stillwater, MN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Stillwater, MN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Stillwater, MN
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:50 AM
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Daylight
15h 27m
Sunset
8:53 PM
Civil dusk
2:31 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Stillwater, MN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
4:58 AM
Moonset
1:57 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Stillwater, MN
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Stillwater at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 16 (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 — Stillwater

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

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal 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 Stillwater

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.