Minneapolis, US
Minneapolis Weather — Forecast With Attitude
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Minneapolis roast of the day
Minneapolis weather has two moods: frozen, and making up for it.
That’s the polite version. Turn the attitude up in the app if you can take it.
Tomorrow in Minneapolis
Clouds, high 19°C / low 12°C.
Next few hours
Minneapolis 7-day forecast
Minneapolis weather facts
- Coldest month
- January, average low 9°F (-13°C)
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, station MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL AP, MN US (USW00014922), 1991-2020
- Yearly snowfall
- 51.2 in (130 cm)
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, station MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL AP, MN US (USW00014922), 1991-2020
- Nights at or below freezing
- 147 nights a year
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, station MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL AP, MN US (USW00014922), 1991-2020
- Hottest month
- July, average high 83°F (29°C)
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, station MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL AP, MN US (USW00014922), 1991-2020
- First autumn freeze, typical date
- October 18
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, station MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL AP, MN US (USW00014922), 1991-2020
Minneapolis weather questions
How cold does Minneapolis get in winter?
Very. The coldest month is January, average low 9°F (-13°C), and the airport has 147 nights a year at or below freezing. The coldest night in the current forecast is Thursday, with a low of 8°C (46°F).
When does it start snowing in Minneapolis?
The first freeze typically arrives around October 18, and snow usually follows in November. The city averages 51.2 in (130 cm) of snow a year. The current forecast shows no snow for the next 5 days.
How warm are Minneapolis summers?
Warmer than the reputation. The hottest month is July, average high 83°F (29°C), often with humidity and evening thunderstorms. The warmest day in the current forecast is Sunday, with a high of 19°C (66°F).
Minneapolis rain radar
Live precipitation over Minneapolis, looped from the last hour.
Radar © RainViewer. Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO.
What the weather’s actually like in Minneapolis
Minneapolis does winter properly: long stretches below freezing, snow that sticks around and lakes frozen hard enough for ice fishing, then warm, humid summers with thunderstorms rolling in off the plains.
Weather With Attitude gives you Minneapolis’s real forecast — current conditions, hourly and 7-day, from live OpenWeatherMap data for the USA — and then tells you what it honestly thinks about it. Set the attitude from mildly sarcastic to fully sweary, or keep it clean. Severe weather is always played straight; the jokes are for the boring, beige-sky days.
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