Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Welcome to meteorological winter Minnesota.

The months of December through February comprise the season of meteorological winter for record-keeping purposes. NOAA uses these climatological seasons to keep records more meaningful. Astronomical seasons change from year to year. Solstices and equinoxes can fall on different dates. So it’s much cleaner to stick with calendar months for climatological seasons.

November finished 2.2 degrees warmer than average in the Twin Cities. It was the ninth straight warmer than average month in Minnesota.

December opens on mild notes once again. Temperatures Wednesday afternoon peak in the 60s in western Minnesota, with 50s around the greater Twin Cities.

Thursday brings another mild day to southern Minnesota, but cooler air will sag south from the north behind a cool front. Check out the incredible record warmth for parts of Iowa and Nebraska Thursday afternoon. Highs will push into the 70s on Dec. 2!

Colder air seeps in this weekend with highs in the 20s and 30s across Minnesota. 

There is a chance of plowable snow in northern Minnesota by Sunday. Stay tuned as we watch the track of that possible weekend snow system.

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Paul Huttner

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