Citizen station KD5JEOKD5JEO
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/935 ft/18 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Apple Valley, Minnesota
City in Dakota County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * 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.
45°
52°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Apple Valley until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Apple Valley is 45° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, 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 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:08 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 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
45feels41
20%
Today
Oct 16
5241
13%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5833
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6342
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6844
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7150
10%
Thu
Oct 22
7254
17%
45°
52°41°
58°33°
63°42°
65°44°
68°44°
71°50°
72°54°
As of 3:00 AM in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Apple Valley
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 3 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good1.3 mi
- Ozone6Good10 ppb15.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-18.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.5 ppb15.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb16.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm4.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Apple Valley
0.93 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.93in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 89%
Visibility
How far you can see at Apple Valley, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Apple Valley, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Apple Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank1,702of 1,965
Burnsville I-35W Mile Post 4MN086
Beside a road/5.7 mi away/792 ft/161 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/8.1 mi away/961 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/10.1 mi away/833 ft/120 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Apple Valley 0.6 NWMN-DK-259
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/967 ft/14 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/958 ft/5 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Mnpls/Airlake, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Apple Valley, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
44.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.
The wind
From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Mnpls/Airlake, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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