Hastings, MN Weather + On This Date: Friday, August 21, 2026

Friday, August 21, looks like a pleasant late-summer day in Hastings, Minnesota, with mostly sunny skies, highs in the lower 80s and light west winds turning northwest during the afternoon. Friday night should be mostly clear with lows in the lower 60s. Today’s time capsule revisits the 1883 Rochester tornado that helped shape Minnesota medical history, Hawaii becoming the 50th state in 1959 and the Mona Lisa disappearing from the Louvre in 1911. It’s a quick, sourced guide for planning Friday in Hastings while discovering three memorable August 21 stories.