Wadena, MN Weather

Wadena County3:20 PM CDT46.44°N, 95.14°WElevation 1,352 ft

Current conditions

Light Rain Likely
68°
Light Rain Likely
Feels like 70°
High 69°·Low 57°
WindSSE 18 mph gusts 28 mph
Humidity61%
Dew point54°
Cloud cover71%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:50 AM
Sunset6:21 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Rain likely after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. South southeast wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Friday Night

    Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. South southeast wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Saturday

    A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Southwest wind 13 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Light Rain Likely 68°58%
  2. 4 PM Light Rain Likely 68°58%
  3. 5 PM Light Rain Likely 67°58%
  4. 6 PM Light Rain Likely 66°58%
  5. 7 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 65°24%
  6. 8 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 64°24%
  7. 9 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°24%
  8. 10 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°24%
  9. 11 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°24%
  10. Sat12 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 62°24%
  11. 1 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 62°23%
  12. 2 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 61°23%
  13. 3 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 61°23%
  14. 4 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 60°23%
  15. 5 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 59°23%
  16. 6 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 58°23%
  17. 7 AM Chance Light Rain 58°32%
  18. 8 AM Chance Light Rain 58°32%
  19. 9 AM Chance Light Rain 60°32%
  20. 10 AM Chance Light Rain 61°32%
  21. 11 AM Chance Light Rain 62°32%
  22. 12 PM Chance Light Rain 63°32%
  23. 1 PM Chance Light Rain 64°36%
  24. 2 PM Chance Light Rain 63°36%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny39°68°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny52°71°
  3. TodayOct 23 Partly Sunny then Light Rain Likely Partly Sunny then Light Rain Likely58%57°69°
  4. SatOct 24 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain36%38°66°
  5. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny17%32°50°
  6. MonOct 26 Slight Chance Light Rain then Partly Sunny Slight Chance Light Rain then Partly Sunny17%29°48°
  7. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny18%33°48°
  8. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy40°55°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy34°42°
  10. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy30°42°

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

52
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Forecast

  • FriGood (50)
  • SatGood (33)
  • SunGood

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 7:50 AM
Sunset 6:21 PM
Daylight 10 h 31 min (−3 min 6 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 93% lit
Moonrise 4:54 PM Moonset 4:52 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low50° / 32°
Record high76° (1963)
Record low18° (1976)
Wettest0.90 in (2004)
Month to date0.17 in (normal 2.13 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 8 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Well above average temperatures today, followed by near average temperatures this weekend into next week.

- There is a medium chance for scattered weak thunderstorms Friday afternoon. Main hazard would be lightning.

Discussion

Issued at 342 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

...Synopsis...

Blocked upper ridging remains over the central CONUS, with upper troughing over the West Coast. This upper ridging is driving well above average temperatures in the 70s currently over the region. Weak embedded impulse moving through the flow is utilizing weak instability aloft, helping spark scattered rain/virga showers in northeast ND and northwest MN this afternoon into evening. Dry air in the lower levels will prevent much of this precipitation from reaching the ground, thus added sprinkles to the forecast to account for this.

On Friday, well above average temperatures will occur once more with widespread 70s forecast during the day. While temperatures will be mild, gusty southerly winds 20-40 mph will also build starting Friday by late morning, lasting through the day.

Upper trough in the West will attempt to break eastward, although all guidance suggests this will occur in a split-flow- like regime, with the northern branch of the upper trough in northern CONUS and Canada separating from the southern branch lingering in the Southwest. As it does this, it brings sufficient moisture and lift to bring scattered showers Friday afternoon into evening. Most guidance also indicates at sufficient instability aloft to bring lightning/thunderstorms into the conversation. A lack of better instability, moisture, and wind shear spacing will mitigate how strong thunderstorms will be - likely keeping storms weak.

Strong cold front moves through Friday night into Saturday driven by the northern branch of the upper trough. This ends our well above average temperatures, with most locations seeing daily high temperatures Saturday occur just ahead of this cold front, occurring early morning Saturday.

Aviation

Issued at 705 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Will have increasing high and mid clouds going thru today. South-southeast winds increase and will become gusty this afternoon with gusts over 30 kts likely mid afternoon thru mid evening. Low level jet over the area this evening with a south jet of around 45-50 kts at 2000 ft agl focused in Minnesota. Wind shift to the southwest and then west very late tonight into Devils Lake basin.

Fgf Watches

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

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