Long Prairie, MN Weather

Todd County12:16 AM CDT45.97°N, 94.87°WElevation 1,293 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
61°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 61°
High 67°·Low 58° tonight
WindS 20 mph gusts 30 mph
Humidity65%
Dew point49°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover81%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:49 AM
Sunset6:19 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday Night

    A slight chance of rain showers before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Saturday

    A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny. High near 67, with temperatures falling to around 58 in the afternoon. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  • Saturday Night

    A chance of rain showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Cloudy 61°11%
  2. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 61°
  3. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 61°
  4. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 61°14%
  5. 4 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 60°15%
  6. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 60°
  7. 6 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 60°20%
  8. 7 AM Chance Rain Showers 59°37%
  9. 8 AM Chance Rain Showers 59°37%
  10. 9 AM Chance Rain Showers 60°37%
  11. 10 AM Chance Rain Showers 63°37%
  12. 11 AM Chance Rain Showers 65°37%
  13. 12 PM Chance Rain Showers 66°37%
  14. 1 PM Chance Rain Showers 66°45%
  15. 2 PM Chance Rain Showers 65°45%
  16. 3 PM Chance Rain Showers 62°45%
  17. 4 PM Chance Rain Showers 60°45%
  18. 5 PM Chance Rain Showers 58°45%
  19. 6 PM Chance Rain Showers 55°45%
  20. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 53°
  21. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 51°
  22. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 49°
  23. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 47°
  24. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 45°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear53°
  2. FriOct 23 Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms45%58°68°
  3. TodayOct 24 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers45%37°67°
  4. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny22%35°50°
  5. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers40%33°45°
  6. TueOct 27 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers37%39°49°
  7. WedOct 28 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers37%36°54°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny50°
  9. FriOct 30 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny29°40°
  10. SatOct 31 Sunny Sunny31°50°

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

47
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • SatGood (39)
  • SunGood
  • MonGood

St. Cloud Area, 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 7:49 AM
Sunset 6:19 PM
Daylight 10 h 30 min (−3 min 2 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 95% lit
Moonrise 5:13 PM Moonset 6:03 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low50° / 30°
Month to date0.47 in (normal 2.32 in)

Long Prairie, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

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

Key Messages

- One more very warm day Saturday, then temperatures retreat back to near normal.

- Multiple chances for rain from this afternoon through Wednesday.

Discussion

Issued at 147 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

A band of showers from western to south central MN continues to progress eastward this afternoon at about 20 kts. There have been a few isolated thunderstorms and brief heavy downpours embedded within the band, especially during the late morning and midday. Intensity will continue waning as the afternoon progresses and chances are low it will reach WI. South winds have been gusty today and temperatures have once again reached the 70s ahead of the band of rain where sun has been prevalent.

A cold front over Montana today will propagate east tonight and reach the Upper Midwest Saturday. A warm and somewhat moist airmass will keep lows quite mild tonight, likely remaining in the low 60s. Temperatures will warm quickly ahead of the front which is expected to be passing through western MN mid to late morning. Highs across southern/eastern MN and WI should reach the mid to possibly upper 70s before tumbling behind the front. Another band of showers will develop along the front throughout the day, then weaken and scatter by evening across southern MN and WI. A few showers may linger through Sunday.

The front will stall across the mid MS Valley Sunday, then lift back to the north Monday and Tuesday as an upper low over the desert Southwest finally ejects northeast across the Plains. This compact system will bring rain to the central Plains Sunday night and the Upper Midwest Monday into early Tuesday. QPF is pretty impressive along the track of the low from Nebraska to eastern SD and western MN where amounts may exceed 1-1.5 inches.

Another system may follow quickly on the heels of the early week system Tuesday night and Wednesday. There is still quite a bit of model spread after Tuesday, leading to continuing chances of showers and low confidence. Ridging will try to build back late week and temperatures may trend back above normal for Halloween weekend.

Aviation

Issued at 1227 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

A narrow band of showers will continue to move eastwards across Minnesota & into western Wisconsin this afternoon. Mainly VFR visibility is expected with the showers but periods of MVFR are likely at times across west-central Minnesota. Southeast winds gust to 25-30 kts this afternoon & remain gusty overnight. LLWS looks to be more of an issue tonight & overnight with sSE-S winds increasing to 50 kts at 2000 ft. Winds switch to southerly & then westerly through tomorrow morning with continued gusts around 20 kts.

KMSP...Expect at least an hour of light rain between 4-6 PM, but visibility should mostly remain VFR. South-southeast winds continue to gust up to 25 mph through early evening.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SAT PM...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind W 10-15G25kts. SUN...VFR. Wind N 5-10kts. MON...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind NE 5-10kts.

Mpx Watches

MN...None. WI...None.

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