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This kind of rain is just what the weather doctor ordered. 

Thursday brought just the kind of steady soaking rains Minnesota needs to recharge soils before free-up this fall. 

 does not include Thursday’s rainfall. It shows most of southwest Minnesota is drought-free. Most of Minnesota has seen improvement in drought categories over the past 90 days. Extreme drought lingers over parts of northern Minnesota. 

Rainfall totals are impressive for much of central Minnesota. A huge swath of over an inch of rain fell from Bemidji through southwest Minnesota. Here are some select (preliminary) rainfall totals. 

Around the Twin Cities, most locations report between .5 and 1 inches of rainfall.

Rainfall totals are lowest in northeast Minnesota with this system. Most areas picked up less than .1 inches of rain.

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Paul Huttner

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Thursday brought just the kind of steady soaking rains Minnesota needs to recharge soils before free-up this fall. 


Soaker: Here are some rainfall totals for Minnesota

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