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Weather data suggests Minnesota has warmed more than three degrees in the past 150 years, and the state’s winters have warmed more than five degrees since 1970.

So how are Minnesotans seeing and feeling these climate changes? 

“Here in Minnesota, we are experiencing climate change predominantly in the winter,” said Kristoffer Tigue, a reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune.

“We base a lot of our culture around our winters, and so to have our winters being the season that's changing the most, I think it tells a narrative of the direction we’re going as a state.”

Tigue explained that the state is experiencing warmer winters, an increase in precipitation and melting. Tigue wrote about the many ways 

 — from warmer falls, to a lack of foliage color and wildfire smoke.   

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In Minnesota, climate change is most evident in winter. Reporter Kristoffer Tigue explained that the state is experiencing warmer winters, an increase in precipitation and melting. Tigue wrote about the many ways Minnesotans are seeing climate change — from warmer falls, to a lack of foliage color and wildfire smoke.

Minnesota Star Tribune reporter Kristoffer Tigue talked on Climate Cast about warmer winters and an increase in precipitation and melting.

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