Rochester, MN Weather Forecast
Olmsted County, Minnesota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rochester, 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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Rochester, MN at a glance
Rochester is home to about 122,413 people in Olmsted County, across 56 square miles. It ranks 3rd by population of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Cascade, 5 miles away.
- County
- Olmsted County
- Population
- 122,413 2023 est.
- Land area
- 56 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,167
- Forecast point
- 44.0143°N, 92.4786°W
How well can the network see Rochester?
The nearest Doppler radar is KARX (La Crosse, WI), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 5,200 ft above Rochester. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Rochester can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is K9MN (Rochester/Mayo-St Marys). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Rochester
- Cascade, MN5 mi
- Marion, MN6 mi
- Byron, MN8 mi
- Stewartville, MN11 mi
- Kasson, MN13 mi
- Pine Island, MN15 mi
- Plainview, MN19 mi
- Dodge Center, MN19 mi
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