Big Lake, MN Weather Forecast
Sherburne County, Minnesota
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Big Lake, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
A dry afternoon, mostly sunny
It is 53° with a dew point of 38°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly sunny.
Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Quiet through the next day and a half
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 32°. Tomorrow reaches 40°, 12° cooler than today. The humidity goes with it: tomorrow is the more comfortable half of this window, and the safer one for anything outdoors.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
23–52°F across the weekThe week runs between 23° and 52°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Every day in the outlook stays dry.
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Big Lake, MN at a glance
Big Lake is home to about 12,610 people in Sherburne County, across 7.2 square miles. It ranks 89th by population of 270 places in Minnesota with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Monticello, 4 miles away.
- County
- Sherburne County
- Population
- 12,610 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,743
- Forecast point
- 45.3424°N, 93.7430°W
How well can the network see Big Lake?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMPX (Minneapolis, MN), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,200 ft above Big Lake. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Big Lake is closer to its radar than 63% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCFE (Buffalo Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Big Lake
- Monticello, MN4 mi
- Orrock, MN6 mi
- Becker, MN8 mi
- Otsego, MN8 mi
- Albertville, MN8 mi
- Elk River, MN9 mi
- Zimmerman, MN10 mi
- Silver Creek, MN10 mi
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