Citizen station DW2465DW2465
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/990 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sandy Beach, Minnesota
Beach in Hennepin County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
46°
53°/43°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 9 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Sandy Beach until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sandy Beach is 46° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 9 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 11 hours 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
75%Humidity
70%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
46feels41
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
5343
91%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5241
78%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5832
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6443
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6843
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7250
16%
46°
53°43°
52°41°
58°32°
64°43°
65°44°
68°43°
72°50°
As of 10:00 PM in Sandy Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Sandy Beach
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 21 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good12.3 mi
- Ozone9Good16 ppb12.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good17.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.7 ppb17.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.6 ppb17 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm17 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 28FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandy Beach
0.68 in in the last 24 hours, 0.69 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.68in
- Last 3 days
- 0.69in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 99%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sandy Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Hennepin County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.9512° N
- Longitude
- 93.6226° 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 0.5 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
I-494 and MN-5 I-494 Mile Post 18MN085
Beside a road/8.1 mi away/834 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/11.7 mi away/888 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Minnesota River Near Jordan05330000
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.9 mi away/690 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Crescent Lake No1S2002
At a soil climate station/36.1 mi away/975 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Mound 1.9 NEMN-HN-647
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/969 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Chanhassen WsfoMPXM5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 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), 7.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. 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.
- Spring Parkcity, 1 mi
- Oronocity, 2 mi
- Minnetonka Beachcity, 2 mi
- Moundcity, 2 mi
- Tonka Baycity, 3 mi
- Long Lakecity, 3 mi
- Shorewoodcity, 4 mi
- Maple Plaincity, 4 mi
- Greenwoodcity, 4 mi
- Minnetristacity, 4 mi
- Excelsiorcity, 5 mi
- Deephavencity, 5 mi
Beaches near Sandy Beach
- Casco Point Beach2 mi
- Lydiard Beach2 mi
- Crescent Beach3 mi
- Wekota Beach3 mi
- Point Charming Beach4 mi
- Linwood Beach4 mi
- Summit Beach Park4 mi
- Sandy Beach4 mi