Rockford, MN Weather

Wright County3:38 AM CDT45.09°N, 93.73°WElevation 915 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
63°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 63°
High 74°·Low 62° tonight
WindS 15 mph gusts 26 mph
Humidity62%
Dew point50°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover69%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:43 AM
Sunset6:16 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Saturday

    Rain showers likely after 2pm. Partly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

  • Saturday Night

    A chance of rain showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 13 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Cloudy 63°
  2. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 63°
  3. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 62°
  4. 6 AM Partly Sunny 62°
  5. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 62°
  6. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 63°
  7. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 63°
  8. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 65°
  9. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 67°
  10. 12 PM Partly Sunny 69°
  11. 1 PM Partly Sunny 72°
  12. 2 PM Chance Rain Showers 72°32%
  13. 3 PM Rain Showers Likely 72°56%
  14. 4 PM Rain Showers Likely 70°59%
  15. 5 PM Rain Showers Likely 67°66%
  16. 6 PM Chance Rain Showers 64°53%
  17. 7 PM Chance Rain Showers 59°36%
  18. 8 PM Chance Rain Showers 56°27%
  19. 9 PM Slight Chance Rain Showers 53°18%
  20. 10 PM Cloudy 52°10%
  21. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 52°
  22. Sun12 AM Mostly Cloudy 51°
  23. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 50°
  24. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 49°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. FriOct 23 Rain Showers Likely Rain Showers Likely72%62°73°
  2. TodayOct 24 Partly Sunny then Rain Showers Likely Partly Sunny then Rain Showers Likely66%44°74°
  3. SunOct 25 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers43%39°53°
  4. MonOct 26 Rain Showers Likely Rain Showers Likely66%38°48°
  5. TueOct 27 Rain Showers Likely Rain Showers Likely63%44°54°
  6. WedOct 28 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers43%41°60°
  7. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny15%38°55°
  8. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy37°47°
  9. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy36°57°
  10. SunNov 1 Sunny Sunny39°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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Air quality

53
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Forecast

  • SatGood (39)
  • SunGood
  • MonGood

Northern Twin Cities Metro, 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 7:43 AM
Sunset 6:16 PM
Daylight 10 h 33 min (−2 min 56 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 96% lit
Moonrise 5:09 PM Moonset 5:57 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low53° / 33°
Month to date0.90 in (normal 2.23 in)

Elk River, records since 1942. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in MPX, issued 3 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 1148 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Once again the main concerns for the period will be periods of -SHRA mainly along the cold front arriving midway through, alongside breezy winds to start with winds expected to shift from 160-180 towards 240-270 and eventually 300-330 behind the cold front. Generally even with -SHRA we should remain mainly VFR with a few periods of MVFR mainly due to visibility, with the -SHRA remaining weak and CIGS dropping to around 050. The shower chances and whether to handle with prob30/TEMPO/prevailing will continue to be modified as we move through the next few TAF periods.

KMSP...No significant changes from the 00z TAF. Main addition was adding some clouds on the tail end of the period. Mostly VFR with small pockets of MVFR possible with -SHRA from roughly 22-02z.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SUN...VFR, chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind N 5kts. MON...-RA/MVFR likely, chc IFR. Wind NE 5-10kts. TUE...-SHRA/MVFR. Wind E 5-10kts.

Mpx Watches

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

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