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Welcome to meteorological spring, Minnesota! 

Our first day of March felt a little like spring. We hit 41 degrees in the Twin Cities Tuesday afternoon, delivering the first back-to-back 40 degree days in the Twin Cities since mid-December. 

The months of March through May are used for record-keeping purposes for the spring season. I posted 

 about our just finished meteorological winter. 

Today the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Climatology Office 

It was colder than the 30-year average across Minnesota. But it’s interesting to note that because our 30-year climate normals have been trending upward due to climate change, this winter was really very close to the average for the past 150 years. 

Here’s more detail from the State Climatology Office. 

Winter season snowfall was above average across most of Minnesota. The exception is across southern Minnesota where locations like Pipestone and Rochester are running about a foot below average snowfall to date. 

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Our first day of March felt a little like spring. We hit 41 degrees in the Twin Cities Tuesday afternoon. That’s the first back-to-back 40 degree days in the Twin Cities since mid-December. 

Happy meteorological spring, Minnesota

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