Minneapolis, MN Weather Forecast
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Minneapolis, 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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Minneapolis, MN at a glance
Minneapolis is home to about 425,115 people in Hennepin County, across 54 square miles. It is the largest of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Golden Valley, 5 miles away.
- County
- Hennepin County
- Population
- 425,115 2023 est.
- Land area
- 54 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 7,873
- Forecast point
- 44.9633°N, 93.2683°W
How well can the network see Minneapolis?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMPX (Minneapolis, MN), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 900 ft above Minneapolis. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Minneapolis show up clearly. Minneapolis is closer to its radar than 89% 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.
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