Richfield, MN Weather

Hennepin County2:52 PM CDT44.88°N, 93.28°WElevation 840 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
72°
Sunny
Feels like 72°
High 75°·Low 55°
WindSE 5 mph gusts 12 mph
Humidity55%
Dew point55°
Cloud cover2%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:38 AM
Sunset6:18 PM

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

Forecast

10-day
  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 75. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 55. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Friday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

  1. Now Sunny 72°
  2. 3 PM Sunny 74°
  3. 4 PM Sunny 75°
  4. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 74°
  5. 6 PM Mostly Clear 72°
  6. 7 PM Mostly Clear 68°
  7. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 64°
  8. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 63°
  9. 10 PM Mostly Clear 62°
  10. 11 PM Mostly Clear 61°
  11. Fri12 AM Mostly Clear 60°
  12. 1 AM Mostly Clear 60°
  13. 2 AM Mostly Clear 59°
  14. 3 AM Mostly Clear 58°
  15. 4 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  16. 5 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  17. 6 AM Sunny 57°
  18. 7 AM Sunny 57°
  19. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 59°
  20. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 61°
  21. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 62°
  22. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 65°
  23. 12 PM Partly Sunny 68°
  24. 1 PM Partly Sunny 71°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Clear Clear47°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny48°71°
  3. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny55°75°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny60°74°
  5. SatOct 24 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers38%49°74°
  6. SunOct 25 Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny32%42°55°
  7. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers32%39°52°
  8. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny16%52°
  9. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny33°51°
  10. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy35°55°

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

95
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Forecast

  • ThuModerate (58)
  • FriGood
  • SatGood

Twin Cities, 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 7:38 AM
Sunset 6:18 PM
Daylight 10 h 39 min (−2 min 57 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 87% lit
Moonrise 4:30 PM Moonset 3:34 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low55° / 38°
Record high81° (1992)
Record low20° (1936)
Wettest0.69 in (1957)
Yesterday74° / 48°
Month to date0.82 in (normal 1.93 in)

Minneapolis-St Paul Area, records since 1872. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

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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