Viking, Minnesota Weather
Prairie lightning bugs rise. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Viking weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 4Overcast23%—77°61°—
- FridayJun 5Overcast11%—71°57°-6°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——79°53°+8°
- SundayJun 7Partly Cloudy21%—83°60°+4°
- MondayJun 8Light Showers51%0.04″76°63°-7°
- TuesdayJun 9Overcast29%—82°63°+6°
- WednesdayJun 10Thunderstorm33%—88°65°+6°
AQI 29 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 5:27 AM
- Moonset
- 1:59 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Prairie lightning bugs rise
Viking at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 4 (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.