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A few people have mentioned to me that they’re enjoying our mild temperatures, but the cloudy skies are annoying. I wish that I could forecast a sunny day, but that’s not in the cards right now. I expect mostly cloudy skies over the next few days, with an occasional glimpse of sun in some areas.

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 25 degrees on Jan. 28. We’ll peak right around that mark in the metro area Tuesday afternoon, and a lot of Minnesotans will see highs in the 20s, with some teens to the northwest:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the upper 20s Wednesday, followed by around 30 on Thursday, mid-30s Friday and upper 30s next weekend.

Forecast maps show much colder air spreading into Minnesota and Wisconsin Tuesday, Feb. 4, and lingering for several days. The Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service shows a tendency toward cooler than normal temperatures in Minnesota and Wisconsin over that period:

Areas of fog, plus patchy freezing fog and freezing drizzle, are possible in Minnesota and western Wisconsin this Monday evening into early Tuesday. Some spots could see a stray snow flurry, too.

A batch of light snow is expected to move across much of west-central and southwestern Minnesota Tuesday evening into early Wednesday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning:

The NAM model also shows some snow showers in parts of northeastern Minnesota Tuesday evening into early Wednesday.

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It was incredibly cold at this time last year

You may remember the incredibly cold temperatures that we endured during the final few days of January 2019. According to the 

The Climatology Office added additional details of that arctic cold:

Wind chill temperatures were also incredibly cold during the peak of that cold stretch:

January 2019 started out mild, but the final 8 days were all very cold. Low temperatures at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport were below zero the final eight days of January 2019. 

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We aren’t expecting any huge temperature swings this week, but you’ll notice higher temps late in the week and into the weekend. We had a much colder end to January last year, and we’ll revisit that. 

Higher temps later this week; revisiting the incredible cold of January 2019

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