Hastings, MN Weather + On This Date: Thursday, January 29

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Sunshine is showing up for Hastings today—great for a quick river-view reset at Levee Park… as long as you dress like you’re heading into a walk-in freezer (because you kinda are).

Today’s Weather in Hastings

At a glance

• High / Low: 9°F / -4°F

• Precip chance + timing: 0% most of the day (NWS “precipitation potential” stays near zero), with tiny 1–2% blips late evening into overnight (roughly 9pm–4am).

• Wind + “feels like”: Calm early, turning west-northwest ~5 mph this afternoon; wind chills as low as -10°F this morning.

• Alerts/hazards: No hazardous weather is expected (per the NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook).

Plain-English forecast (morning → afternoon → evening)

Early today, Hastings is starting out fair and below zero (the NWS observation on the forecast page showed -3°F around 6:35am CST).
By midday and into the afternoon, expect bright sun and a slow warm-up into the single digits, topping out near 9°F with just a light breeze.
Tonight turns partly cloudy and drops back down near -4°F, with a light north breeze.

What to wear / what to plan

• Cover skin early (hat + gloves + scarf): that -10°F wind chill can bite.

• Short outdoor errands are perfect today—sunny, calm-ish, and no meaningful precip expected.

• If you’re walking downtown, plan a “warm-up stop” (library, coffee, or a quick lap through a shop).

Weather Joke of the Day

With calm wind and bright sun, the Hastings bridge is basically saying, ‘Sure, you can look—just don’t lick anything metal.’

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On This Date: A Little Time Capsule

• 1855 — After the U.S. Senate ratified the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe, President Franklin Pierce officially proclaimed it on January 29. It’s a key treaty connected to Ojibwe bands and the history of northern Minnesota and the region. Source: https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/event/treaty-la-pointe-1854.

• 1861 — Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29, becoming the 34th U.S. state. Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/january-29/.

• 1886 — Carl Benz applied for a patent for a “vehicle powered by a gas engine” (often described as a “birth certificate” moment for the automobile). Source: https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/tradition/company-history/1885-1886.html.

How we know

• National Weather Service — Point Forecast: Hastings MN — https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.7281&lon=-92.8577 — Accessed Jan 29, 2026, 6:46 a.m. CT.

• National Weather Service — Tabular (Digital) Forecast: Hastings MN — https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?FcstType=digital&lat=44.7281&lon=-92.8577 — Accessed Jan 29, 2026, 6:46 a.m. CT.

• National Weather Service — Hazardous Weather Outlook (MPX) — https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?issuedby=mpx&product=HWO&site=mpx — Accessed Jan 29, 2026, 6:46 a.m. CT.

• MNopedia (Minnesota Historical Society) — Treaty of La Pointe, 1854 — https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/event/treaty-la-pointe-1854 — Accessed Jan 29, 2026, 6:46 a.m. CT.

• Library of Congress — Today in History – January 29 — https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/january-29/ — Accessed Jan 29, 2026, 6:46 a.m. CT.

• Mercedes-Benz Group — 1885–1886: The first automobile — https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/tradition/company-history/1885-1886.html — Accessed Jan 29, 2026, 6:46 a.m. CT.

Weather can change quickly, and official alerts/warnings should always override any forecast summary.

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