Apple Valley, MN Weather Forecast
Dakota County, Minnesota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Apple Valley, with free alerts the moment it counts.
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.
Seven-day outlook
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Apple Valley, MN at a glance
Apple Valley is home to about 55,336 people in Dakota County, across 17 square miles. It ranks 17th by population of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Burnsville, 4 miles away.
- County
- Dakota County
- Population
- 55,336 2023 est.
- Land area
- 17 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,280
- Forecast point
- 44.7453°N, 93.1994°W
How well can the network see Apple Valley?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMPX (Minneapolis, MN), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,100 ft above Apple Valley. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Apple Valley show up clearly. Apple Valley is closer to its radar than 86% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLVN (Lakeville/Airlake Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Apple Valley
- Burnsville, MN4 mi
- Eagan, MN5 mi
- Lakeville, MN5 mi
- Farmington, MN6 mi
- Rosemount, MN6 mi
- Empire, MN7 mi
- Bloomington, MN8 mi
- Savage, MN8 mi
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