Hastings, MN Weather + On This Date: Friday, May 15th

It’s a sunny, summer-like Friday in Hastings, Minnesota, with a high near 87°F, light west-southwest wind, and only a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms this evening. In today’s HastingsNow Weather + On This Date, we pair the practical local forecast with three memorable May 15 history notes — including a wild Minnesota zoo story, the launch of scheduled U.S. airmail, and the birth of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum.