Citizen station DW0937DW0937
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/923 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
White Sand 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°
52°/43°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for White Sand Beach until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. White Sand Beach is 46° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:07 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.
0UV Low
29Air quality
79%Humidity
84%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
46feels41
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
5243
85%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5833
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6444
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6545
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6945
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7251
16%
Thu
Oct 22
7255
23%
46°
52°43°
58°33°
64°44°
65°45°
69°45°
72°51°
72°55°
As of 12:00 AM in White Sand Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at White Sand Beach
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 1 mile off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good1.7 mi
- Ozone10Good14 ppb2.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good5.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.9 ppb2.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb3.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm2.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at White Sand Beach
0.73 in in the last 24 hours, 0.75 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.73in
- Last 3 days
- 0.75in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 97%
Visibility
How far you can see at White Sand Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Hennepin County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.9533° N
- Longitude
- 93.2106° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest White Sand Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Minnehaha Creek At Hiawatha Ave. In Minneapolis05289800
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/791 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MinneapolisMSP
At an airfield/4.8 mi away/869 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cayuga Street Br. I-35E Mile Post 109MN089
Beside a road/6.1 mi away/836 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Minneapolis 2.8 ESEMN-HN-654
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/828 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mississippi River AT MPLS LWR St Anthony FallsLSAM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/692 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 Mississippi River AT MPLS LWR St Anthony Falls (LSAM5), 2.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near White Sand Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lauderdalecity, 3 mi
- Minneapoliscity, 3 mi
- Falcon Heightscity, 3 mi
- St. Paulcity, 5 mi
- Lilydalecity, 5 mi
- Mendotacity, 5 mi
- Rosevillecity, 5 mi
- St. Anthonycity, 5 mi
- Saint Paulcity, 6 mi
- Mendota Heightscity, 6 mi
- Richfieldcity, 6 mi
- West St. Paulcity, 7 mi