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Granite Falls, MN 56241 Weather
Current conditions
Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)
Forecast
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Thursday
Sunny. High near 78, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. South southeast wind 0 to 10 mph.
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Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
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Friday
A chance of rain showers after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. South southeast wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now76°
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- Fri12 AM60°
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- 7 AM58°38%
- 8 AM59°38%
- 9 AM61°38%
- 10 AM63°38%
- 11 AM66°38%
- 12 PM68°38%
- 1 PM71°27%
10-day forecast
Details- TonightOct 20Clear48°
- WedOct 21Sunny48°74°
- TodayOct 22Sunny57°78°
- FriOct 23Chance Rain Showers38%60°75°
- SatOct 24Chance Rain Showers45%46°71°
- SunOct 25Slight Chance Rain Showers15%40°57°
- MonOct 26Partly Sunny13%37°53°
- TueOct 27Mostly Sunny54°
- WedOct 28Sunny29°53°
- ThuOct 29Partly cloudy35°57°
Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.
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Clear skies tonight and a calm week across central MinnesotaWest Central Tribune
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Air quality
Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
Forecast
- ThuModerate (53)
- FriGood
- SatGood
Southwestern Minnesota, MN reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Nearby
- Willmar 53 km
- Marshall 44 km
- Montevideo 20 km
- Redwood Falls 46 km
- Benson 56 km
- Olivia 44 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in MPX, issued 1 hr ago
Key Messages
- Above normal temperatures continue through Saturday, followed by near normal temperatures heading into next week
- Rain chances return Friday and remain in the forecast through the middle of next week.
Discussion
Issued at 250 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026
Patchy fog has developed early this morning as temperatures drop into the 40s across the region. Expect it to become dense in some locations, but improve quickly after sunrise. Today will be another beautiful fall day with mild temperatures and mostly sunny skies. Clouds will increase overnight and an area of showers may move into western Minnesota during the afternoon as a pocket of higher vorticity values spreads northeast from the Sioux Falls area. Those showers could continue further east as the latest HRRR and RRFS depict, though it is more likely that a dry boundary layer will limit the amount of rain that makes it to the surface.
It is not until Saturday that a weakening cold front attempts to sweep through the Upper Midwest. Increased moisture from the Pacific is expected to support multiple rounds of showers as the front stalls out and interacts with several upper level shortwaves heading into next week. WPC's QPF has markedly increased during the Monday timeframe, generating a strip of 0.5 to 1.0 inches from southwest towards east-central MN. While that location may shift, we can confidently say that the pattern will be changed heading into next week, especially when looking at temperatures. Highs will likely dip just below normal for Monday and Tuesday, before recovering slightly by the middle of the week.
Aviation
Issued at 102 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026
Solid VFR conditions expected throughout this TAF duration. SKC conditions will prevail through tonight as high pressure continues to shift E across the region. High clouds will infiltrate from the W on Friday, increasing in coverage and slowly lowering. All sites are expected to remain dry, although there is a small chance some -SHRA may move into far western MN around midday, hence the PROB30 at AXN. Winds will remain generally SE throughout, with speeds in the 5-10kt range through tonight, then becoming more breezy/gusty on Friday.
KMSP...No additional concerns.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SAT...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind S 10-15G25kts becoming W. SUN...VFR. Wind N 5-10kts. MON...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind NE 5-10 kts.
Mpx Watches
MN...None. WI...None.
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