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
