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A warm Wednesday; cooler air moves in Thursday

A cool front will push warm air, clouds, and a couple sprinkles ahead of it Wednesday

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Potential high temperatures Wednesday afternoon from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model
NOAA via pivotal weather

Wednesday will bring our warmest temperatures yet this year for many. Highs will range from the 50s and 60s in the south to the 40s north.

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High temperatures Wednesday
National Weather Service

In the Twin Cities, we have a decent chance of hitting our first 60-degree reading. It will be close and depend on the precise timing of a cool front sweeping across Minnesota later Wednesday. That front will increase cloud cover this afternoon and touch off a few light rain showers in northern Minnesota.

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A cool front moves through Wednesday touching off a few sprinkles
College of DuPage Weather

Temperatures Wednesday night will be lower in northern Minnesota, back below freezing while southern Minnesota again remains mild.

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Low temperatures early Thursday morning
National Weather Service

While cooler Thursday, temperatures will still be above normal with 40s and 50s in the south and 30s north.

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High temperatures Thursday
National Weather Service

Temperatures will be warming back up for the weekend with southern Minnesota seeing more 50s and even 60s Sunday. The overall pattern remains mild until perhaps late next week when the upper-level pattern will turn toward a cooler one for at least a few days.

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Forecast temperature anomalies into late next week
College of DuPage Weather

No more turning the clocks back?

The United States Senate passed a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent on Tuesday. If the bill became law, what would Minnesota’s sunrise and sunset times look like?

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Sunrise and sunset for the 15th of each month if we remained on Daylight Saving Time
Time and date.com

The chart above winter sunrise and sunset times would change. While we could get more evening light in December with a 5:32 p.m. sunset, the sunrise wouldn’t be until 8:44 a.m. in mid-December.