Wadena, MN 56482 Weather

Wadena County10:21 AM CDT46.44°N, 95.13°W

Current conditions

Sunny
50°
Sunny
Feels like 48°
High 72°·Low 52°
WindSE 5 mph gusts 10 mph
Humidity89%
Dew point47°
Cloud cover15%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:48 AM
Sunset6:23 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Thursday

    Patchy fog before 9am. Sunny. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. East southeast wind 2 to 10 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Mostly clear. Low around 52, with temperatures rising to around 54 overnight. Southeast wind around 8 mph.

  • Friday

    A chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. South southeast wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 50°
  2. 11 AM Sunny 56°
  3. 12 PM Sunny 62°
  4. 1 PM Sunny 67°
  5. 2 PM Sunny 69°
  6. 3 PM Sunny 70°
  7. 4 PM Sunny 72°
  8. 5 PM Sunny 70°
  9. 6 PM Clear 68°
  10. 7 PM Clear 64°
  11. 8 PM Clear 60°
  12. 9 PM Clear 59°
  13. 10 PM Clear 58°
  14. 11 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  15. Fri12 AM Mostly Clear 58°
  16. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 57°
  17. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 57°
  18. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 56°
  19. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 55°
  20. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  21. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  22. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  23. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 53°
  24. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 56°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 21 Patchy Fog Patchy Fog35°
  2. TodayOct 22 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny52°72°
  3. FriOct 23 Partly Sunny then Chance Light Rain Partly Sunny then Chance Light Rain46%57°72°
  4. SatOct 24 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain27%36°66°
  5. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny33%35°49°
  6. MonOct 26 Chance Rain And Snow Chance Rain And Snow33%31°46°
  7. TueOct 27 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain28%35°48°
  8. WedOct 28 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain25%52°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy30°37°
  10. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny30°49°

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

29
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • ThuModerate (55)
  • FriGood
  • SatGood

West Central Minnesota, MN reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:48 AM
Sunset 6:23 PM
Daylight 10 h 34 min (−3 min 8 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 86% lit
Moonrise 4:38 PM Moonset 3:41 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low50° / 33°
Record high78° (1992)
Record low18° (1976)
Wettest1.33 in (2019)
Month to date0.17 in (normal 2.05 in)

Ottertail, records since 1961. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in FGF, issued 3 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Dry conditions with above normal temperatures today.

- Windy Friday and Saturday with chances for rain showers.

- Cooler, seasonable conditions by early next week.

Discussion

Issued at 233 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

...Synopsis...

A broad ridging pattern persists through the work week before troughing off the southern California coast begins to move ashore by Thursday morning. Widespread highs in the 70s are in store through Friday with record warm overnight temperatures in the 50s likely Friday. There is now high confidence that a progressive trough ejects into the Northern Plains by Friday night. This and the associated cold front behind it support a windy and much cooler (albeit seasonable) pattern change with limited rainfall chances. A stray thunderstorm cannot be ruled out Friday given the unusual warmth and instability.

The most notable impact through the period will be elevated winds Friday and Saturday, initially out of the south and turning to the west Saturday after a strong cold front passes through Friday night. The most likely range for top wind gusts is 35-45 mph both days, though there is moderate confidence for a few gusts to 50 mph Saturday in the Devils Lake Basin. Any exposed soils present a risk for patchy blowing dust during the windiest periods. After temperatures well above seasonal averages for the next few days, a more typical northwest upper level flow returns high temperatures to the 40s and 50s starting Sunday through at least the middle of next week. A mostly zonal flow does not favor any significant precipitation or temperature anomalies next week.

Overall, enjoy these last few days of dry weather and 60s to 70s for highs, as they will become increasingly fleeting in the coming weeks with seasonal normals dropping into the 30s and 40s for highs.

Aviation

Issued at 655 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

A few cirrus today into this evening, then increase high clouds later tonight. Southeast winds pick up into the 7 to 13 mph sustained range today and likely hold in that area tonight. Gusts around 20 mph possible this afternoon and evening within the Red River valley.

Fgf Watches

ND...None. MN...None.

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