The weather, currently. The very mild weather continues Tuesday and for the rest of the week. Normal high temperatures are around 26°F for the Twin Cities and we’ll continue to be at least 10°F above that through Thursday. A cool front will produce a few snow showers
The weather, currently. We’re in the midst of a prolonged stretch of milder weather and it is worth mentioning once again that our lowest temp last week of -13°F, while the coldest of winter, is a far cry from the average coldest winter temp of -25°F or
The weather, currently. We could see our coldest temperature of winter late Thursday night into early Friday morning. The low will likely drop to about -12°F to -14°F at MSP. The coldest we’ve been was -12°F in December. Luckily, the winds calm down by early Friday.
The weather, currently. February is our a winter month with the biggest changes. The average high temperature increases from 25°F to 34°F and we gain 1 hour and 18 minutes of daylight! The cold air that began it’s retreat north will be diving back south temporarily tomorrow
The weather, currently. Here we are on the cusp of February. We’re two-thirds of the way through meteorological winter and overall it’s relatively mild. January averaged +4.3°F above normal countering December to net a +0.2°F for winter so far for the Twin Cities. Winter’
The weather, currently. We dipped to -8°F early Monday morning in the Twin Cities. The cold spots was Kabetogama way up north with a low of -38°F. It’ll be another cold night Monday night with our low temperature potentially dipping another degree or two colder but we’
The weather, currently. It was a cold weekend but the cold is certainly not what it used to be. Pathetically it was -5°F in the Twin Cities and we may get as low as -10°F or -11°F early Monday or early Tuesday. It pales in comparison to
The weather, currently. Yes it’s going to get cold. Very cold. But first, some perspective: we’re 61% through meteorological winter (Dec, Jan, Feb) and we’re running +1.2° F above normal in the Twin Cities thanks to a very mild January. We’ll see 1 to 2
The weather, currently. Enjoy some rare sunshine Thursday between our two clipper systems. We should see at least partly cloudy skies Thursday morning into the early afternoon before clouds increase yet again ahead of more snow Thursday night. It’ll also be cooler Thursday with morning lows in the single
The weather, currently. Our first of two clipper systems brings snow showers late Tuesday night into Wednesday. We can expect about an inch of fresh snow with some isolated 2 inch amounts. Temperatures will remain near or above normal, in the 20s to even close to 30°F on Friday.
The weather, currently. We’ve got just a couple milder days left before more typical cold arrives by the upcoming weekend. A weak cool front actually swept across Minnesota Monday. That will allow temps to dip into the teens by early Tuesday and drop high temps just a few degrees
The weather, currently. We may finally break our mild streak by next weekend in the final days of January. Before that however, it’ll continue to be relatively mild with highs near 30°F Monday under clouds. Temperatures will stay mainly in the 20s to near 30°F through Friday
The weather, currently. We picked up an official 3.1 inches of new snow at MSP airport Wednesday night into Thursday morning. This brings our January tally to 18.9 inches of snow. Normal to date is about 6.5 inches. We’re also the 7th wettest for precipitation (liquid
The weather, currently. Our latest winter storm will bring snowfall Wednesday night into Thursday. This time the heaviest snow looks to fall across far southern Minnesota where up to 6 to 10 inches could accumulate. In the Twin Cities, we can expect 3 to 6 inches of snow, most of
The weather, currently. Our latest storm system dumped more RAIN than snow and it begged the question as to how common are January rainfalls? And, are they becoming more common? The short answer is yes. January rainfall events are infrequent, but on average they happen 1-2 times per January since
The weather, currently. Our air quality has really improved over the past 24 hours. We went from a high of about 160 on the air quality index (under 50 is healthy), which measures particulates in the atmosphere, into the 80s Thursday morning. It will continue to improve as the cooler,
The weather, currently. After days of smog and fog, a cold front will finally clear the air Wednesday night. Temperatures will dip into the upper teens to around 20°F, but most importantly winds will pick up from the northwest at about 10-15 mph. The combination of dropping temperature and
The weather, currently. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued its first air quality alert in 18 months for much of Minnesota for Monday and Tuesday. We’ll see conditions slowly improve slightly over the next 24 hours but much more so Wednesday night into Thursday as colder air moves in,
The weather, currently. We’re about to the midpoint of the season folks! Yes, on Saturday (14th) is the halfway point of meteorological winter. The statistically coldest two weeks of the year starts Tuesday through the 24th of January. Of course this is just based on average temperatures over recent
The weather, currently. We’ve had reduced air quality the last couple of days due to a massive temperature inversion. Particulates are literally stuck in the lower atmosphere as temperatures up about 1,500 to 2,000 feet up above the ground have been in the 30s, while we’ve
The weather, currently. The storm is finally done. We ended up with nearly 15 inches of snow at MSP. It ranks as the 4th highest January snowstorm and the 14th biggest snowstorm at any point in the season. Lakeville saw 17.7 inches of snow, that was the highest metro
The weather, currently. Our recent January storm has yielded some impressive numbers. As of midday Wednesday, we’ve seen over a foot of snow at MSP and even more incredible, 1.43 inches of liquid equivalent and counting. It’s likely at least the second most two-day precipitation total ever
The weather, currently. Our significant snow storm continues into Wednesday night. We can anticipate an additional 2 to 5 inches of snow at a lighter to moderate rate on top of what we saw during the day Tuesday. Unlike from the previous storm, we will not see a big arctic
The weather, currently. We had our first subzero temperature of the season early Tuesday with a low of -2°F. The cold spot was in northwest Minnesota: Mahnomen dipped to -28°F with a -45°F wind chill. We have a major winter storm developing Wednesday but we must make
The weather, currently. We have potentially dangerous winter weather ahead. The combination of snow, cold, and wind will really hit Minnesota this week. Our first round of (light) snow wraps up Monday evening. Tuesday will bring some peeks of sun but cold. Highs will be in the single digits only.
The weather, currently. We have an active wintry week. Besides being brutally cold, with several below zero nights ahead Wednesday through the weekend, we have not one but two snowfalls. The first snow is relatively light with snow showers developing Monday afternoon into the overnight with about one inch of
The weather, currently. Our multi-day storm will slowly wind down over the next 36 hours. We can expect another 1 to 2 inches of snow Thursday night into early Saturday as snow band continue to rotate through. Believe it or not, we’ll end up with 4 to 8 inches
The weather, currently. Don’t be fooled by the lull in precipitation, rain and snow will be starting back up Wednesday night and turning quickly to snow. Expect possibly 2 to 3 inches of snow by the time of the morning commute Thursday and more snow through the day into
The weather, currently. Tuesday night will bring sleet, rain and snow with perhaps up to 1 or 2 inches of accumulation (or less). Wednesday will bring a break from the bulk of the precipitation for the Twin Cities area and most of southern Minnesota as we enter the ‘dry slot’
The weather, currently. Ice will be possible in southwest Minnesota into early Tuesday. Rain and snow make it toward the Twin Cities Tuesday afternoon and gradually fills in. We’ll have limited snowfall accumulations due to the warm temperatures and mix of precipitation. As close as St. Cloud could see
The weather, currently. A major, slow moving storm will affect our weather much of this week ahead. Monday should remain dry, but it'll be mostly cloudy with mild temperatures. High temperatures will be in the upper 30s. They will be above freezing through Thursday, which will play into the messy
The weather, currently. The pattern is getting pretty active again. A storm system is just going to barely reach the Twin Cities area tonight into Friday morning giving us what looks to be just a coating of some snow (under 1 inch) during the morning hours Friday. We’re in
The weather, currently. We’ve gotten two, relatively minor clipper systems out of the way and we have two, relatively large storm systems ahead of us. First, it’ll be warmer Thursday and that milder streak persist through the weekend with highs mainly in the 30s. A storm system grazes
The weather, currently. We’re keeping an eye on not one but two possibly significant storm systems over the next 7 days. The first, Thursday night into Friday was looking to stay in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. Now, we could see heavy, wet snow move into southern Minnesota- including the
The weather, currently. I discussed how a significant chunk of cold is spinning just north of Minnesota the next few days, centered over Hudson Bay. It’s part of a split in the polar vortex near the surface with the other chunk in Siberia. While we’ll be colder the
The weather, currently. Somewhat cooler air is making its way south Monday as winds switch from the southwest to the northwest Sunday night. Look for mostly cloudy skies Monday. High temperatures will still be near 30°F, which is close to normal but by Tuesday and Wednesday, we’ll be
The weather, currently. It should come as no surprise that meteorological fall was a mild one. We were nearly 2°F above normal for the combined September, October, November average. We also saw only 40% of normal precipitation, and that number was better than it would have been all thanks
The weather, currently. Tuesday’s snowstorm was notable for a couple of reasons. We received 8.4 inches at MSP airport: the third biggest November snowstorm since the great Halloween blizzard of 1991. November 2022 also was the 2nd snowiest in 25 years. We had a total of 13 inches
The weather, currently. Meteorological fall is going out in style with our first winter storm of the season. We’ll run through all the fall numbers tomorrow but this storm puts us above normal for fall snowfall. Most of the Twin Cities area ended up with easily 6 to 8
The weather, currently. Winter makes its return Tuesday. Snow showers will develop late Monday night and persist into Tuesday evening with the heaviest snow likely falling from the morning commute into the late afternoon. The Twin Cities area can expect about 3 to 5 inches with the heaviest snow likely
The weather, currently. After a mild weekend of two days in the 50s, it will be come more wintry this week as both snow and colder temperatures move in. Monday will still be mild with highs in the low 40s and a mid of clouds and sun. Winds will start
The weather, currently. The mild stretch of weather is going in earnest. High temperatures the next five days will be near (or even surpassing) 40°F. Look for more sunshine Wednesday with just a few clouds. Thanksgiving will bring more clouds and perhaps a few sprinkles. A reminder that Thanksgiving
The weather, currently. We have a dull week on tap and that’s probably just fine for many people traveling. What’s been an active month for precipitation for a change is suddenly no longer. Look for more sunshine Tuesday with high temperatures climbing into the mid 30s. A clipper
The weather, currently. This week will be much less wintry than last. Look for more sunshine on Monday with temperatures near freezing both Monday and Tuesday. That’s still below normal by 5 to 10 degrees F, but we’ll see things warm a bit into the upper 30s and
The weather, currently. Temperatures will average 15 to 25 degrees colder normal Friday into the weekend. It’s related to a highly amplified pattern set up over North America where arctic Alaska is experiencing temperatures of 30 to 40 degrees warmer than normal. Such an usually strong and pronounced ridge
The weather, currently. The snow has been adding up since Monday. We’re up to 3.4 inches at MSP in total. The water equivalent has been between 0.25 and 0.50 inches, helping to take a tiny bite out of our deficit for the year which sits just
The weather, currently. Snow showers will continue Tuesday night into early Wednesday as an upper level low slowly spins across Minnesota. We can expect another inch or so overnight into early Wednesday. Temperatures will be back in the low 30s Wednesday, still 10 degrees below normal but warmer than what’
The weather, currently. It’s beginning to look a lot like… winter! November is running nearly 4 degrees above normal, so this cold week ahead is really a sort of necessary ‘correction.’ Temperatures will average about 10 degrees below normal early this week but with a second blast of cold
The weather, currently. It’s going to be a much more wintry week ahead. High temperatures will be in the low to mid 30s for the early to mid part of the week but another blast of cold will drop temperatures further Thursday, Friday, Saturday with highs falling into the
The weather, currently. Temperatures will drop into the upper 20s overnight tonight as we continue our drop and not really get above freezing Friday. We’ll have some flurries but most of the moisture will already move east by the time it’s cold enough for snow. The normal high
The weather, currently. Thursday will bring some of everything across Minnesota. We’ll have heavy snow developing in northwest Minnesota and at the very same time severe storms are possible in southeastern Minnesota. The storm prediction center has a slight risk (level 2 out of 5) of severe storms in
The weather, currently. A classic late fall storm system is upon us. The state of Minnesota will see almost everything in the next few days. The first round of showers moves through the region Tuesday night with warm, muggy air moving in Wednesday. More showers and thunder will develop late
The weather, currently. Everything appears to be coming into alignment for a significant soaking this week. All the computer models give the Twin Cities area between 1.50 and 3.50 inches of precipitation Tuesday night through Friday night. Showers will start up Tuesday evening and we’ll have on
The weather, currently. We’ll have seasonable temperatures Monday in the 40s with a mix of clouds and sun before we see temperatures trend back above normal for Tuesday into Thursday. We’ll have highs in the 50s and even 60s but the bigger story this week will be the
The weather, currently. Wednesday shattered records as expected. We topped out at 76°F yesterday, just 1°F from the warmest all-time November high temperature! St. Cloud, Duluth, and International Falls all set records. The Twin Cities NWS said yesterday’s record high was our 14th since just 2020. We’
The weather, currently. After a record breaking high temperature Wednesday, we’ll likely set a record warm overnight low Wednesday night as well. The current record is 55°F set in 1956; we’ll likely only drop into the upper 50s to around 60°F overnight. Thursday will very possibly
The weather, currently. We topped out at 70° F+ in the Twin Cities Tuesday afternoon. We will see another Wednesday and probably Thursday too. That would tie us with the second most number of 70° F days in the month of November. On top of that, Wednesday is likely to
The weather, currently. October finishes yet another mild month at about 2.5° F above normal, despite some unusually early chilly weather mid month and an earlier than normal snowfall. Of course it was VERY dry again too. We saw only 0.24” of precipitation, making it the 6th driest
The weather, currently. The mild streak continues for Monday. It will be the warmest Halloween in 22 years, so long as we top out at 63°F or warmer. The last time we had a high even at 60°F+ was in 2008, 14 years ago. The sunshine and warmth
The weather, currently. Get ready for yet another anomalously warm stretch of temperatures. Friday will begin a week that could see seven consecutive of days 60°F+ temperatures, which is a rare feat for the end of October and beginning of November. It’s even possible that the early-middle part
The weather, currently. The more typical October chill is back. The normal high is about 53°F, but it'll slip into the 40s next week as begin November. We should see more in the way of sunshine Wednesday with highs back in the low 50s. Thursday will see increased clouds
The weather, currently. The weekend warmth was pretty incredible: it was the latest fall warmth we’ve experienced in 30 years! October 25, 1992 was the last time we had a reading of 78° F or warmer this late or later. Unfortunately, rainfall Sunday night was rather lacking with just
The weather, currently. Sunday morning’s low (of 59 degrees F) was not only above normal for the average high this time of year, but it broke a warm record low for the date. It was, of course, made at least 2-3 times more likely due to the warming of
The weather, currently. Up, up and away with temperatures. We’re back above normal Friday afternoon for the first time in nine days. We’ll have forgotten all about the recent cold snap as highs soar into the 70s both Saturday and Sunday. 80°F isn’t out of the
The weather, currently. The warm up is going in earnest. Highs Thursday will be well into the 50s and we’ll see highs well into the 60s on Friday. It looks like BOTH Saturday and Sunday should be in the 70s, a full 20 degrees above normal. The swing from
The weather, currently. Low temperatures early Tuesday bottomed out in the single digits for some places: Crookston, Benson, Bemidji were all between 7°F and 9°F degrees for lows. That is UNUSUALLY chilly for this time of the year but we’re heading in the opposite extreme by the
The weather, currently. Temperatures are running about 20 degrees below normal to start the week. This is unseasonably cold air for mid-October. Tonight and Tuesday night will both drop into the low to mid 20s. However, a rapid warm up commences mid to late week. We were 80°F last
The weather, currently. We’ve passed the halfway mark for meteorological fall and it’s been a mild and very dry one thus far. Twin Cities temperatures are averaging about 2°F above normal, which is most of a whole standard deviation (2.7°F) warmer than normal. The bigger
The weather, currently. Hunker down for a prolonged chill. We’ll have scattered snow showers late Wednesday night into Thursday morning, turning to spotty rain showers. A blocking pattern means a large area of clouds and cold air will be gripping Minnesota through much of next week. High temperatures will
The weather, currently. Tuesday’s high temperature of 80°F will probably be our last of the 2022 season. It’s only the third time since the year 2000 that we’ve had an 80°F+ reading this late in the season or later. Cooler air is still flowing into
The weather, currently. After a day with temperatures nearly 20 degrees above normal, big changes are coming. A few evening thunderstorms will move through ahead of potent cold front Tuesday evening. Wednesday will bring temperatures back to normal, — around 60°F — but with quite a bit of cloud cover and
The weather, currently. The latest drought monitor shows bad news. Much of the Twin Cities area is in extreme drought now, a category not seen in Minnesota this year. Drought overall expanded from 54% to now 77% of Minnesota in the past week. Temperatures both Thursday & Friday nights will be
The weather, currently. Reality sinks in the next couple days as more typical chilly October air settles into Minnesota. Our high of the day Thursday will be in the morning, in the mid 50s and then fall from there into the 40s by sunset (which is 6:44 PM Thursday)
The weather, currently. The warm days have been impressive enough, but the warm overnights are even more so for some. The Twin Cities had a low of 57°F early Tuesday, 12 degrees above normal. But, International Falls was 55°F, a full 20 degrees below their normal low of
The weather, currently. We have another very warm day Tuesday with highs back in the mid to upper 70s. The normal high ranges are from 66°F to 57°F at the international border. An abrupt change is still on track, as a potent cold front brings the chilliest air
The weather, currently. We’re continuing with the very warm start to October through midweek. Highs will be in the mid 70s — a full 10 degrees above normal or warmer — Monday and Tuesday. A cool front whips through Minnesota, knocking Wednesday temperatures down to our chilliest readings yet. Highs will
The weather, currently. We’re nearly finished with September and it was a warm one. We’ll end up about 2.5° F above normal. That’s ¾ of a standard deviation above normal which ranks us about the 20th warmest (of 149 years). If not for this last week of
The weather, currently. It was the coldest morning since April 28th in the Twin Cities and for much of Minnesota early Wednesday morning. The Twin Cities officially avoided frost with a low of 37° F, but many suburbs saw at least patchy frost. The cold spot was Embarrass at 23°
The weather, currently. We’re in for a chilly Tuesday night. Temperatures will dip into the mid to upper 30s across the Twin Cities metro, but most of us in the urban heat island will stay above freezing. The same won’t be true for much of the rest of
The weather, currently. Our latest batch of cool air is bringing the coldest temperatures since at least mid May if not late April. The winds will subside through the day Tuesday, but high temperatures will struggle to get beyond 60°F. As an area of cold Canadian high pressure settles
The weather, currently. We’ve got another blast of even cooler air for the first half of this week. Gusty northwest winds are ushering in the temperature drop Sunday into Monday. We’ll still have winds at 10-25 mph from the northwest. Highs will be in just the low 60s
The weather, currently. We’re rapidly losing daylight this time of year at a pace of 3 minutes per day (you’ve probably noticed!) – Happy Autumnal Equinox! (8:03 PM Thursday evening) We have a cool, showery day Friday on the way. The winds will also pick up again from
The weather, currently. We ended up soaring to a RECORD high of 92°F Tuesday afternoon beating the previous record of 91° F set back in 1931. It was a staggering 99°F in Lamberton in southwest Minnesota along with 97°F at New Ulm and Redwood Falls. Yesterday’s
The weather, currently. Many of you have been waiting, and finally that fall chill is arriving. Tuesday’s temperatures in the mid to upper 80s were 1.5 to 2 standard deviations above normal for this late in September, or in the top 2% to 8% of high temperatures for
The weather, currently. Tuesday will bring the last hot day of summer with temperatures soaring into the mid to upper 80s, perhaps 90°F for a few spots in southern Minnesota. Thunderstorms will be possible late Monday night into very early Tuesday ahead of a surge of muggy dew points.
The weather, currently. This week will be one of abrupt change from summer to fall. Monday will be gorgeous with sunshine, comfortable dew points and highs around 80°F. Tuesday will be very warm and perhaps one of, if not the last real steamy day of summer with highs in
The weather, currently. We’re in for an unsettled few days through early Sunday. Late Thursday night into Friday will bring some scattered showers and thunderstorms but the heaviest rains continue to look to be over northeast Minnesota where there are flood watches posted. Two to four inches is possible
The weather, currently. The streak of above normal temperatures continues Thursday. We add wind to the mix. Strong south winds at 10-25 mph will push in even warmer air. Dew points could even get border line sticky, near 60°F. The south winds will also push the smoke north for
The weather, currently. We have another sunny day Wednesday, though through smoke like Tuesday. Wildfire smoke has again made its way into Minnesota skies from fires in Idaho and Montana and even western Canada. We’ll see high temperatures back in the low to mid 80s Wednesday and even Thursday
The weather, currently. The warming trend continues Tuesday as we see high temperatures once again top out at 80°F+ through Thursday, potentially even Saturday. Keep in mind the normal high slips from 75°F to 73°F by the end of the week. We’ll also continue the dry,
The weather, currently. We had our coolest low temperature in 108 days (May 27th) with a low of an even 50° F early Sunday morning. We’ll be close to that again Sunday night/early Monday morning. Will we finally drop below 50° F? The average first night in the
The weather, currently. After a hot few days, change is coming. The low of 70°F early Thursday morning is incredibly warm for September of course. A slow moving cool front will bring showers and thunderstorms to northern Minnesota on Wednesday night and those showers will spread south and east
The weather, currently. Temperatures have averaged nearly 4°F above normal these first seven days of September. Of course that pales in comparison to the West, where many areas have averaged 10°F to 20°F hotter than normal. We’ve got our hottest day of the week yet Thursday
The weather, currently. Wildfire smoke is back. You may have noticed the skies become more hazy. Luckily for us, the smoke is pretty high aloft so air quality is less of a concern but with longer and more severe wildfire seasons in the western U.S. the impacts are far
The weather, currently. High temperatures Wednesday topped out at 89°F. While it’s not quite 90° F, it’s hot. Your chance of hitting 89°F+ is three times less likely than mid July. In fact, 89°F around this time is equivalent to 95°F in mid July.
The weather, currently. Meteorological summer 2022 is over! We ended up 2.2°F above normal, which may not sound like a lot but that’s a whole standard deviation above normal and enough to tie us with about the 17th hottest summer out of 149 years. We had 17
The weather, currently. Our final day of August will be beautiful as these last few days have been. We’re going to see a bit of warming trend start Wednesday into Friday. Highs will be in the mid 80s Wednesday and in the mid to upper 80s Thursday and Friday.
The weather, currently. After an active weekend, cooler, drier and more stable air is settling in for quite the stretch. Six tornadoes were confirmed over the weekend. Five of which were in the Twin Cities metro Saturday night: Burnsville, Apple Valley, Eagan, West. St. Paul and then in St. Paul
The weather, currently. We’ll have some thunderstorms move through Sunday evening and overnight ahead of a cool front. The very humid air of the weekend will depart through the day Monday. Dew points will drop from the sticky 60s in the morning into the 50s by the afternoon helped
The weather, currently. After a few evening and overnight thunderstorms (if you’re lucky), slightly cooler air moves in for the next couple of days. It will still be muggy to start off early Thursday but those dew points will drop through the day. We’ll also have clouds to
The weather, currently. We’ll see slightly muggy air linger Tuesday night into Wednesday ahead of the first of two disturbances to produce rain this week. While we may see a few showers early Wednesday morning the best chance will be late in the afternoon and evening Wednesday. The thunderstorms
The weather, currently. Tuesday will bring another day with sunshine and temperatures a bit warmer, in the mid 80s. You’ll notice the air be a bit more muggy Wednesday ahead of the first of two atmospheric waves moving through. Spotty thunder will be possible late Wednesday into Wednesday night
The weather, currently. We have a string of picture-perfect August days this week. Monday through Wednesday will bring lots of sunshine, comfortable dew points and highs in the low 80s. The normal high temperature slips below 80°F to 79°F later this week for the first time in two
The weather, currently. Showers will rotate around an upper level low that will move across Minnesota Thursday night into Friday. By Friday afternoon the bulk of the showers may be in Iowa and southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois. Rain totals have really been adding up in isolated pockets. Cambridge, MN saw
The weather, currently. A northern lights show is POSSIBLE Wednesday night, but we’ll need the atmosphere to cooperate with some clearing skies. That scenario isn’t likely for most of us, but stay tuned and you might luck out. The aurora oval is expected to be visible possibly as
The weather, currently. Wednesday will be a bit more unsettled with at least a few spotty showers & thunderstorms and likely more cloud cover than Tuesday. High temperatures will still be near 80°F Wednesday and Thursday but the activity really picks up late Thursday into Friday & Saturday. More widespread, occasional
The weather, currently. The last few days have been average for September 16-18, rather than mid August. We should see a bit more sunshine Tuesday and Wednesday with most showers staying north & west (though an isolated one or two is possible). Wednesday and Thursday will be slightly warmer, closer to
The weather, currently. You’ll notice a continuation of the cloudier pattern we had over the weekend into this week. The above normal temperatures and heat will be just to the west of most of Minnesota deep into northwest Canada. Cooler and stormy conditions will be in the east. In
The weather, currently. Some rain is on the way for late Thursday night into (mainly) Friday morning. We’ll likely see about ½ inch or less but it’s something and we definitely need it. The latest drought monitor is out and still shows much of the Twin Cities are in
The weather, currently. Thursday will bring slightly cooler and less humid conditions. Expect a seasonable high temperature (normal high is 81°F) in the low 80s with some high clouds and lower dew points in the more comfortable 50s after a somewhat sticky Wednesday. That humid air moves back in
The weather, currently. We have another sun-filled day Wednesday. Temperatures and dew points will be just a bit higher. Expect highs in the upper 80s with dew points creeping into the stickier low to mid 60s temporarily. A cool front will blow through already Wednesday night dropping temps back to
The weather, currently. Thanks to the second round of rain Sunday night of 0.77 inches, our weekend rainfall total officially in the Twin Cities was 1.34 inches, the most since mid May. We’re still 5.84 inches behind for summer to date, however. Significant ‘bites’ will have
The weather, currently. We’re in for a sunny streak of days Monday through Wednesday after some much needed weekend moisture. We definitely need a lot more rainfall in the Twin Cities. Saturday’s 0.57 inches at MSP was the biggest rainfall since May 25th pathetically enough. We have
The weather, currently. The latest drought monitor saw the area of drought in Minnesota double in size. 18% of Minnesota (including the Twin Cities) is in drought compared to 8.5% last week. Severe drought (which includes much of the metro) expanded from 1.5% to 4.2% of the
The weather, currently. Tuesday’s steamy conditions led to storms. Winds of 60 to 70 mph swept through portions of the Twin Cities metro between about 11:30 PM and 1:00 AM Tuesday night. MSP airport recorded a 62 mph gust. Bloomington had a 67 mph gust. Further west,
The weather, currently. Tuesday marked our 15th day of temperatures reaching 90°F. Normal to date is 9 days. We get a day and a half break from the heat and humidity thanks to a cool front sweeping across Minnesota Tuesday night. A few showers and thunderstorms are possible late
The weather, currently. Get ready for a steamy Tuesday. A heat advisory is in effect from 1pm to 8pm Tuesday. High temperatures will be in the low to mid 90s with dew points climbing into the tropical low 70s. That combination will lead to a heat index of 100°F+
The weather, currently. Welcome to August (almost)! July ended up the 24th warmest of 149 years, slipping in the rankings some thanks to those several cooler days last week. This Summer to date, however, has been the 11th hottest. This July beat last July, and you’ll recall last summer
The weather, currently. We’ve got another nice, comfortable day on the way Friday. High temperatures will be near 80°F with comfortable dew points and lots of sunshine. Soak it up because the heat builds back in over the weekend and into next week. It’ll be a ‘dry’
The weather, currently. Thursday could bring our coolest day of the whole month of July. High temperatures will be in ‘just’ the mid to upper 70s. The number to ‘beat’ is 77°F, which was on July 2nd. The average coolest high temperature of July usually is about 70°F.
The weather, currently. One of the ‘silent variables’ of summer climate change in Minnesota is the lack of cool weather. The 90s get all the attention & we’re above normal on those (14 to date, compared to 8 normally) but the lack of cool days and nights combined with the
The weather, currently. Tuesday will bring some clouds and the chance of a few showers and thunderstorms but it’s unlikely to add up to more than a tenth of an inch of any rainfall for the Twin Cities area. Northern Minnesota could see 0.50 to 1.00 inches
The weather, currently. A beautiful Monday is on the way after we flushed out the humidity from Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately the rainfall from Saturday was feast or famine. MSP airport saw just 0.19 inches of rain. In southern Minnesota, Owatonna 2.54 inches and Ellendale saw 3.05
The weather, currently. Friday will mark our 14th day of 90°F or hotter this summer. The muggy air also will push through the area throughout the day. Dew points by Saturday will be near 70°F. That humid air will be play a critical role in some thunderstorm chances
The weather, currently. We continue our ‘break’ from the real hot stuff on Thursday. It’s all relative. We were still close to 90 for many spots on Wednesday but with lower dew points and temperatures generally a few degrees cooler than Monday and Tuesday. We’ll have lots of
The weather, currently. It was an incredibly warm overnight Monday night into early Tuesday. The low was only 77°F. Climate Central’s ‘Climate Shift Index’ puts us at a 3 or 4 on these warm nights. The index is a measure of the finger prints of climate change (5
The weather, currently. Monday marked our 12th day above 90°F in the Twin Cities. Normal to date is 7. Last year we had 14 at this point, which was our hottest summer recorded. With 52% of meteorological summer complete, we’re running +3.1°F above normal, which if
The weather, currently. We will bake Monday under sunshine and high temperatures in the mid 90s. Upper 90s temperatures are not out of the question. Tuesday will bring another day well into the 90s. A cool front late Tuesday will bring an isolated thunderstorm chance late in the day and
The weather, currently. We’ve got our best chance at some real moisture Thursday night into early Friday. Keep your fingers crossed because after that we’re in for a stretch of hot, humid, dry weather that will dry soils out even further. Scattered storms should develop to the northwest
The weather, currently. We finally had some rain in most of the Twin Cities area Tuesday evening! The MSP airport received 0.38 inches of rainfall which pathetically is the heaviest rainfall we’ve seen since Memorial Day (May 30th). That tells you how shockingly dry we are. We’re
The weather, currently. A heat wave is developing by the weekend into next week but nothing like what we saw 86 years ago in July of 1936. There were five days of high temps between 105°F and 108°F. Those record still stand today, but you may be surprised
The weather, currently. The Twin Cities has seen just 26% of its normal summer precipitation to date (1.52” of a normal 5.87”). Expect the largely dry pattern to persist with the next chance of spotty storms Friday into Saturday. A very hot air mass is blowing back in
The weather, currently. After a few morning showers or a thunderstorm Monday morning skies should clear and dew points will drop for a couple of days. Enjoy a couple seasonable days with temperatures in the 80s and plenty of sunshine midweek because a heat wave is building. The much advertised
The weather, currently. What makes the pattern seemingly tropical, isn’t just the high dew point but the very slow moving, spotty downpours popping up. Winds aloft are typically light in the tropics while usually over Minnesota winds aloft are swift or even roaring. If you were lucky to get
The weather, currently. People are still talking about the spectacular skies toward sunset Tuesday evening. It was the combination of sunset timing and high clouds blowing off the top of the derecho. The orange light of sunset (more light is scattered due to the longer path from the horizon: so
The weather, currently. We could really use some rainfall in the Twin Cities. Despite some clusters of showers here and there, the holiday weekend rainfall only amounted to 0.32 inches. The 0.29 inches we received on the Fourth of July was the most significant rainfall we had in
