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Kennedy, Minnesota Weather

Prairie lightning bugs rise. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Kennedy, MN
Thursday, June 4 at 4:33 PM
72
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
75°
Humidity
70%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Sunset
9:24 PM
Kennedy, MN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKennedy, MN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 55 to 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 55°H 79°
Kennedy, MN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Foggy
    13%
    79°57°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    74°55°-5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Clear
    81°56°+7°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Thunderstorm
    24%
    85°63°+4°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    60%
    0.01″
    76°63°-9°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Thunderstorm
    31%
    0.02″
    87°59°+11°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    39%
    0.02″
    87°65°
Kennedy, MN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
217° · veering 30°
Direction
SW
217°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 6
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 6 · pk 19 @ 4:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 198SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 30° from the sw.
Kennedy, MN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
979.9
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 28.94 inHg
Now
979.9
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
-0.9
mb
24h
-4.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 980984
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW984.4979.5979.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Kennedy, MN
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
+4 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 30 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). With UV 5.5 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
4.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
63μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 5.5 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
5.5 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 16

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 4.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.92
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Kennedy, MN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
64%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
58.3mi
UNLIMITED
84 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
16:33 UTC ·Kennedy, 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
16:33 UTC ·Kennedy, MN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Kennedy, MN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kennedy, MN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kennedy, MN
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:48 AM
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Daylight
15h 57m
Sunset
9:24 PM
Civil dusk
3:06 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Kennedy, MN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
5:31 AM
Moonset
1:59 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Kennedy, MN
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Prairie lightning bugs rise

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kennedy at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 7 (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.

ZIP codes in Kennedy

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.