Burnsville, MN Weather Forecast
Dakota County, Minnesota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Burnsville, 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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Burnsville, MN at a glance
Burnsville is home to about 64,772 people in Dakota County, across 25 square miles. It ranks 14th by population of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Apple Valley, 4 miles away.
- County
- Dakota County
- Population
- 64,772 2023 est.
- Land area
- 25 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,597
- Forecast point
- 44.7644°N, 93.2794°W
How well can the network see Burnsville?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMPX (Minneapolis, MN), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 810 ft above Burnsville. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Burnsville show up clearly. Burnsville is closer to its radar than 91% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMSP (Minneapolis-St Paul Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Burnsville
- Apple Valley, MN4 mi
- Savage, MN4 mi
- Bloomington, MN5 mi
- Lakeville, MN6 mi
- Eagan, MN7 mi
- Richfield, MN8 mi
- Credit River, MN8 mi
- Prior Lake, MN8 mi
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