Thief River Falls, MN 56701 Weather

Pennington County5:23 PM CDT48.12°N, 96.18°W

Current conditions

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
73°
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 73°
High 75°·Low 53°
WindSSE 22 mph gusts 35 mph
Humidity53%
Dew point55°
Cloud cover90%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:57 AM
Sunset6:23 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny. High near 75, with temperatures falling to around 73 in the afternoon. South southeast wind 10 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Friday Night

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly cloudy. Low around 53, with temperatures rising to around 63 overnight. South wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. West southwest wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 11 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 73°52%
  2. 6 PM Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 71°47%
  3. 7 PM Chance Rain Showers 65°30%
  4. 8 PM Slight Chance Rain Showers 63°22%
  5. 9 PM Slight Chance Rain Showers 62°18%
  6. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 62°
  7. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 62°
  8. Sat12 AM Partly Cloudy 63°
  9. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 63°
  10. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 63°
  11. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 63°
  12. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 63°
  13. 5 AM Mostly Clear 63°
  14. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 60°
  15. 7 AM Partly Sunny 59°
  16. 8 AM Mostly Cloudy 57°
  17. 9 AM Cloudy 54°
  18. 10 AM Partly Sunny 54°
  19. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  20. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 55°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 54°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 56°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 54°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 54°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy54°
  2. TodayOct 23 Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms52%53°75°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny31°58°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny26°45°
  5. MonOct 26 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy21%28°43°
  6. TueOct 27 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain37%35°47°
  7. WedOct 28 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain54%32°51°
  8. ThuOct 29 Slight Chance Light Rain then Partly Sunny Slight Chance Light Rain then Partly Sunny20%47°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy27°39°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy26°40°

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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Air quality

52
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • FriGood (39)
  • SatGood (28)
  • SunGood

Northwestern 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

Sunrise 7:57 AM
Sunset 6:23 PM
Daylight 10 h 26 min (−3 min 17 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 94% lit
Moonrise 4:57 PM Moonset 4:57 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Record high80° (1963)
Record low-0° (1917)
Wettest1.18 in (1914)
Month to date0.05 in (normal 0.00 in)

Thief River Falls Municipal Ap, records since 1903. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in FGF, issued 10 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Well above average temperatures today, followed by near average temperatures this weekend into next week.

- There is a medium chance for scattered weak thunderstorms Friday afternoon. Main hazard would be lightning.

Discussion

Issued at 342 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

...Synopsis...

Blocked upper ridging remains over the central CONUS, with upper troughing over the West Coast. This upper ridging is driving well above average temperatures in the 70s currently over the region. Weak embedded impulse moving through the flow is utilizing weak instability aloft, helping spark scattered rain/virga showers in northeast ND and northwest MN this afternoon into evening. Dry air in the lower levels will prevent much of this precipitation from reaching the ground, thus added sprinkles to the forecast to account for this.

On Friday, well above average temperatures will occur once more with widespread 70s forecast during the day. While temperatures will be mild, gusty southerly winds 20-40 mph will also build starting Friday by late morning, lasting through the day.

Upper trough in the West will attempt to break eastward, although all guidance suggests this will occur in a split-flow- like regime, with the northern branch of the upper trough in northern CONUS and Canada separating from the southern branch lingering in the Southwest. As it does this, it brings sufficient moisture and lift to bring scattered showers Friday afternoon into evening. Most guidance also indicates at sufficient instability aloft to bring lightning/thunderstorms into the conversation. A lack of better instability, moisture, and wind shear spacing will mitigate how strong thunderstorms will be - likely keeping storms weak.

Strong cold front moves through Friday night into Saturday driven by the northern branch of the upper trough. This ends our well above average temperatures, with most locations seeing daily high temperatures Saturday occur just ahead of this cold front, occurring early morning Saturday.

Aviation

Issued at 705 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Will have increasing high and mid clouds going thru today. South-southeast winds increase and will become gusty this afternoon with gusts over 30 kts likely mid afternoon thru mid evening. Low level jet over the area this evening with a south jet of around 45-50 kts at 2000 ft agl focused in Minnesota. Wind shift to the southwest and then west very late tonight into Devils Lake basin.

Fgf Watches

ND...None. MN...None.

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