At an airfield/1.9 mi away/933 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake Elmo, Minnesota
City in Washington 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.
44°
50°/37°
Light rain·
Feels like 38°·Gentle breeze 11 mph WNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Lake Elmo until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM (62%).
Now. Lake Elmo is 44° and light rain at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:06 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
24Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
44feels38
18%
Today
Oct 16
5037
92%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5631
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6239
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6340
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6740
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7048
17%
Thu
Oct 22
6953
23%
44°
50°37°
56°31°
62°39°
63°40°
67°40°
70°48°
69°53°
As of 2:00 AM in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Lake Elmo
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 15 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good7.4 mi
- Ozone15Good17 ppb13.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good19 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.5 ppb17.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb18.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm18.8 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 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Elmo
0.62 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.62in
- Last 3 days
- 0.67in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 93%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Elmo, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lake Elmo, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Lake Elmo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank1,172of 1,965
Citizen station GW3906GW3906
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/952 ft/17 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cayuga Street Br. I-35E Mile Post 109MN089
Beside a road/9.7 mi away/836 ft/99 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Minnehaha Creek At Hiawatha Ave. In Minneapolis05289800
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.5 mi away/791 ft/144 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lake Elmo 1.4 SEMN-WG-201
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/902 ft/33 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Stillwater 2SWSTIM5
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/899 ft/36 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at St Paul / Lake Elmo, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 1.9 mi from Lake Elmo, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Broken at 1,700 ft, overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
44.6 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.
The wind
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Stillwater 2SW (STIM5), 4.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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