Lake Crystal, MN 56055 Weather

Blue Earth County1:05 PM CDT44.12°N, 94.22°W

Current conditions

Sunny
71°
Sunny
Feels like 71°
High 78°·Low 56°
WindSSE 5 mph
Humidity59%
Dew point56°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover1%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:41 AM
Sunset6:23 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Sunny, with a high near 78. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Friday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 71°
  2. 2 PM Sunny 74°
  3. 3 PM Sunny 76°
  4. 4 PM Sunny 77°
  5. 5 PM Sunny 76°
  6. 6 PM Clear 72°
  7. 7 PM Clear 68°
  8. 8 PM Clear 64°
  9. 9 PM Mostly Clear 62°
  10. 10 PM Clear 61°
  11. 11 PM Clear 60°
  12. Fri12 AM Mostly Clear 59°
  13. 1 AM Mostly Clear 59°
  14. 2 AM Mostly Clear 58°
  15. 3 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  16. 4 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  17. 5 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  18. 6 AM Sunny 57°
  19. 7 AM Sunny 56°
  20. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 56°
  21. 9 AM Sunny 59°
  22. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 62°
  23. 11 AM Partly Sunny 65°
  24. 12 PM Mostly Cloudy 68°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny56°78°
  2. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny60°73°
  3. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers37%48°77°
  4. SunOct 25 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers52%42°55°
  5. MonOct 26 Rain Showers Likely Rain Showers Likely60%39°51°
  6. TueOct 27 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers32%40°53°
  7. WedOct 28 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers20%41°57°
  8. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy32°46°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny31°53°
  10. SatOct 31 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny42°62°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

75
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • ThuModerate (55)
  • FriGood
  • SatGood

South Central Minnesota, MN reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:41 AM
Sunset 6:23 PM
Daylight 10 h 42 min (−2 min 52 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 86% lit
Moonrise 4:33 PM Moonset 3:39 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low55° / 33°
Record high86° (1947)
Record low12° (1895)
Wettest0.69 in (1979)
Month to date0.00 in (normal 1.85 in)

St. Peter, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in MPX, issued 7 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Above normal temperatures continue through Saturday, followed by near normal temperatures heading into next week

- Rain chances return Friday and remain in the forecast through the middle of next week.

Discussion

Issued at 250 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

Patchy fog has developed early this morning as temperatures drop into the 40s across the region. Expect it to become dense in some locations, but improve quickly after sunrise. Today will be another beautiful fall day with mild temperatures and mostly sunny skies. Clouds will increase overnight and an area of showers may move into western Minnesota during the afternoon as a pocket of higher vorticity values spreads northeast from the Sioux Falls area. Those showers could continue further east as the latest HRRR and RRFS depict, though it is more likely that a dry boundary layer will limit the amount of rain that makes it to the surface.

It is not until Saturday that a weakening cold front attempts to sweep through the Upper Midwest. Increased moisture from the Pacific is expected to support multiple rounds of showers as the front stalls out and interacts with several upper level shortwaves heading into next week. WPC's QPF has markedly increased during the Monday timeframe, generating a strip of 0.5 to 1.0 inches from southwest towards east-central MN. While that location may shift, we can confidently say that the pattern will be changed heading into next week, especially when looking at temperatures. Highs will likely dip just below normal for Monday and Tuesday, before recovering slightly by the middle of the week.

Aviation

Issued at 542 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

Patchy fog is dropping visibilities as low as 1/4SM this morning, though the majority of observations range from 3 to 7SM. Fog will continue for the first 2-3 hours of the period, improving shortly after sunrise. Some high level clouds will begin to stream in from the west near the end of the period, otherwise clear skies are expected for today again.

Winds will remain out of the southeast at or below 10 kts,

KMSP...Visibilities have been steady at 7SM early this morning, though a couple more hours of cooling could allow KMSP to drop to 6SM briefly between 12-14z.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ FRI...VFR. Wind SE 10-15G25kts. SAT...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind SSW 10-15G25kts. SUN...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR late. Wind N 5kts.

Mpx Watches

MN...None. WI...None.

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