Owatonna, MN Weather Forecast
Steele County, Minnesota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Owatonna, 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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Owatonna, MN at a glance
Owatonna is home to about 26,534 people in Steele County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 39th by population of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Waseca, 14 miles away.
- County
- Steele County
- Population
- 26,534 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,750
- Forecast point
- 44.0919°N, 93.2317°W
How well can the network see Owatonna?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMPX (Minneapolis, MN), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,000 ft above Owatonna. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Owatonna can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KOWA (Owatonna/Degner Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Owatonna
- Waseca, MN14 mi
- Faribault, MN15 mi
- Dodge Center, MN19 mi
- Kasson, MN24 mi
- Northfield, MN25 mi
- Lonsdale, MN28 mi
- Byron, MN30 mi
- Montgomery, MN30 mi
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