Albert Lea, MN Weather Forecast
Freeborn County, Minnesota
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The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
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Albert Lea, MN at a glance
Albert Lea is home to about 18,269 people in Freeborn County, across 13 square miles. It ranks 65th by population of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Austin, 19 miles away.
- County
- Freeborn County
- Population
- 18,269 2023 est.
- Land area
- 13 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,375
- Forecast point
- 43.6543°N, 93.3641°W
How well can the network see Albert Lea?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMPX (Minneapolis, MN), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 7,300 ft above Albert Lea. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Albert Lea can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KAEL (Albert Lea Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Albert Lea
- Austin, MN19 mi
- Waseca, MN30 mi
- Forest City, IA31 mi
- Owatonna, MN31 mi
- Clear Lake, IA36 mi
- Mason City, IA36 mi
- Dodge Center, MN36 mi
- Blue Earth, MN37 mi
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