Citizen station DW2465DW2465
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/990 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sandy Beach, Minnesota
Beach in Hennepin 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.
45°
53°/41°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Sandy Beach until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sandy Beach is 45° and mostly cloudy at 9 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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
16Air quality
69%Humidity
78%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
45feels38
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5341
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5933
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6443
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6844
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7150
10%
Thu
Oct 22
7253
14%
45°
53°41°
59°33°
64°43°
65°44°
68°44°
71°50°
72°53°
As of 9:00 AM in Sandy Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Sandy Beach
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 21 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good12.3 mi
- Ozone16Good22 ppb12.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good17.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb17.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb17 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm17 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 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandy Beach
0.69 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.69in
- Last 3 days
- 0.71in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 97%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sandy Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Hennepin County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.9512° N
- Longitude
- 93.6226° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Sandy Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
I-494 and MN-5 I-494 Mile Post 18MN085
Beside a road/8.1 mi away/834 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/11.7 mi away/888 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Minnesota River Near Jordan05330000
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.9 mi away/690 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Crescent Lake No1S2002
At a soil climate station/36.1 mi away/975 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Mound 1.9 NEMN-HN-647
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/969 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Chanhassen WsfoMPXM5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/938 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Chanhassen Wsfo (MPXM5), 7.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Sandy Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Spring Parkcity, 1 mi
- Oronocity, 2 mi
- Minnetonka Beachcity, 2 mi
- Moundcity, 2 mi
- Tonka Baycity, 3 mi
- Long Lakecity, 3 mi
- Shorewoodcity, 4 mi
- Maple Plaincity, 4 mi
- Greenwoodcity, 4 mi
- Minnetristacity, 4 mi
- Excelsiorcity, 5 mi
- Deephavencity, 5 mi
Beaches near Sandy Beach
- Casco Point Beach2 mi
- Lydiard Beach2 mi
- Crescent Beach3 mi
- Wekota Beach3 mi
- Point Charming Beach4 mi
- Linwood Beach4 mi
- Summit Beach Park4 mi
- Sandy Beach4 mi