Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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The month begins with building heat and most of the state seeing 90s by the end of the week. Combined with predominantly dry conditions, this will exacerbate already dry conditions across much of Minnesota.  

June 1 marks a couple milestones in the meteorological world. First, it is the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, a season that is expected to be active this year.  

It also begins meteorological summer. Meteorological seasons follow the temperatures and always start at the beginning of a month to keep record keeping consistent.

With meteorological spring now over, the spring precipitation pattern helps highlight which areas of Minnesota are dry going into summer.  

Much of eastern Minnesota, such as the Twin Cities and Duluth had near average spring precipitation.  However, the majority of southern and western Minnesota saw a dry spring. For example, Rochester saw only about 70 percent of normal and Moorhead was even drier at 40 percent of normal spring rain. 

Here is the most recent drought monitor showing which parts of the state are in dry and drought conditions:

Under clear skies overnight and light to calm winds, temperatures were able to drop slightly below average Tuesday morning. Most of Minnesota began the day in the 40s and 50s, but a couple northern spots did dip into the upper 30s.

Those clear skies mean lots of sunshine Tuesday, and along with dry air and light winds, Minnesota warms quickly through the day. Highs will be a couple degrees above average, with most of the state in the 70s and a few 80s possible west.

The one exception to the quiet weather is western Minnesota, where there could be very isolated showers or storms by evening, and the otherwise light winds will be breezier near the North Dakota border.

Temperatures continue to climb the entire rest of the week, with more 80s by Wednesday, and most of Minnesota in the 90s Friday and through the weekend.  

Here is the Twin Cities forecast through Friday: 

Overnight lows also warm, with most of the state seeing lows in the 60s or warmer by Saturday morning.

The humidity stays comfortable most of the week, but that will also slowly rise by the weekend, making the weekend weather both hot and sticky. 

It currently looks like the 90s break after Monday, with more 80s next week, but that still keeps the state well above average.

Meanwhile, precipitation chances stay limited. The disturbance that brings western Minnesota sport activity late Tuesday, may bring very isolated activity across the state Wednesday, with the best chances north.  

However, there are no major storms forecast through the end of the week, and mostly sunny skies dominate our upcoming weather.

This hot and dry trend will help warm area lakes, but will also exacerbate already dry conditions across much of Minnesota.

You can hear my live weather updates on Minnesota Public Radio at 7:49 a.m. Monday through Friday morning.

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Nicole Mitchell 

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The month begins with building heat and most of the state seeing 90s by the end of the week. Combined with predominantly dry conditions, this will exacerbate already dry conditions across much of Minnesota.  


Minnesota sees 90s by the first weekend of June

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