Cottage Grove, MN Weather Forecast
Washington County, Minnesota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Cottage Grove, 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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Cottage Grove, MN at a glance
Cottage Grove is home to about 42,056 people in Washington County, across 34 square miles. It ranks 24th by population of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is St. Paul Park, 4 miles away.
- County
- Washington County
- Population
- 42,056 2023 est.
- Land area
- 34 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,250
- Forecast point
- 44.8133°N, 92.9143°W
How well can the network see Cottage Grove?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMPX (Minneapolis, MN), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 2,000 ft above Cottage Grove. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Cottage Grove show up clearly. Cottage Grove is closer to its radar than 68% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSGS (South St Paul Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Cottage Grove
- St. Paul Park, MN4 mi
- Newport, MN6 mi
- Hastings, MN6 mi
- Woodbury, MN6 mi
- Inver Grove Heights, MN7 mi
- Prescott, WI7 mi
- Afton, MN8 mi
- South St. Paul, MN8 mi
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