Hastings, MN Weather + On This Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Tuesday, September 29, 2026, begins with a relatively dry, mostly cloudy morning in Hastings, Minnesota. The National Weather Service forecasts a high near 69°F, showers beginning around midday, and thunderstorms later in the afternoon and into the night. Today’s time capsule visits an early Minnesota–Hamline football matchup in 1882, the first broadcast of Detroit’s Black-owned WGPR-TV in 1975, and space shuttle Discovery’s return-to-flight launch in 1988. Find useful timing for errands and outdoor plans, practical clothing suggestions, a local weather joke, and direct links to the forecast and history sources.