Citizen station KMNDEEPH5KMNDEEPH5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/928 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sandy Beach, Minnesota
Beach in Hennepin County, Minnesota* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
46°
53°/42°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Sandy Beach until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sandy Beach is 46° and mostly cloudy at 11 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 32 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
14Air quality
62%Humidity
74%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
46feels40
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5342
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5634
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6143
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6244
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6645
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6850
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7053
overcast
46°
53°42°
56°34°
61°43°
62°44°
66°45°
68°50°
70°53°
As of 11:00 AM in Sandy Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Sandy Beach
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 17 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good9.8 mi
- Ozone14Good20 ppb9.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good13.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.9 ppb14.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb13.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm13.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandy Beach
0.69 in in the last 24 hours, 0.75 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.69in
- Last 3 days
- 0.75in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 92%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sandy Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Hennepin County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.9287° N
- Longitude
- 93.5384° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Sandy Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
I-494 and MN-5 I-494 Mile Post 18MN085
Beside a road/4.1 mi away/834 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/8.0 mi away/888 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/15.3 mi away/833 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Crescent Lake No1S2002
At a soil climate station/39.4 mi away/975 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Deephaven 1.0 SWMN-HN-139
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/990 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Chanhassen WsfoMPXM5
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/938 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Chanhassen Wsfo (MPXM5), 5.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Sandy Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Deephavencity, 1 mi
- Greenwoodcity, 1 mi
- Woodlandcity, 2 mi
- Excelsiorcity, 2 mi
- Tonka Baycity, 3 mi
- Minnetonka Beachcity, 3 mi
- Shorewoodcity, 3 mi
- Wayzatacity, 3 mi
- Minnetonkacity, 4 mi
- Long Lakecity, 4 mi
- Oronocity, 4 mi
- Spring Parkcity, 5 mi
Beaches near Sandy Beach
- Rocky Beachunder 1 mi
- Linwood Beachunder 1 mi
- Nocomo Beachunder 1 mi
- Deephaven Beachunder 1 mi
- Deephaven Main Beachunder 1 mi
- Point Charming Beachunder 1 mi
- Robinson's Bay Beach1 mi
- Wekota Beach2 mi