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Hastings, MN Weather + On This Date: Friday, October 30, 2026

Hastings, Minnesota, is expecting mostly sunny skies and a high near 54°F on Friday, October 30, 2026. Friday night becomes mostly cloudy, with a low around 43°F and a 30% chance of rain after 5 a.m. Saturday. Today’s On This Date time capsule explores the 1971 Minnesota Miracle school-funding reforms, Orson Welles’s 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast and John J. Loud’s 1888 rolling-point pen patent. Find practical suggestions for fall layers, downtown errands and Halloween preparations, plus a local weather joke and links to the original forecast and historical sources.

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