Heavy snow and difficult travel expected again, heaviest snow in southern Minnesota

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It’ll still be on the cool side of normal Tuesday but with brighter skies and light winds. Highs will be mainly in the 40s with some pockets of 30s north. Showers start to develop north Tuesday night and fill in east and south into Wednesday morning.

Warmer conditions develop Friday into Saturday with a likelihood of our first 70 in the Twin Cities and for much of central and southern Minnesota

Rare record cold in the ‘nation’s ice box’

The clear skies and light winds Monday night led to some chilly temperatures. International Falls, Minn., nicknamed the nation’s ice box, broke a record, bottoming out at 8 degrees Tuesday morning. 

The old record for the date was 15 in 1947. This is significant because record highs outpace record lows by 2 to 1 these days with climate change.

A very narrow area of high pressure is gracing Minnesota with its presence, creating not just sunshine but light winds for a rare change. It will be a short respite as the next area of low pressure is approaching from the west.

It’ll be pleasant enough Tuesday compared to the last several days, with highs well into the 40s for most of the state except for a few pockets of northeastern and northwestern Minnesota.

Rain showers develop Tuesday night already in northern Minnesota and will fill in across the state into Wednesday morning. Expect scattered rain showers in the central and southern portions of Minnesota, but it will be more snow for the northeast.

Northern Minnesota could see up to 6-plus inches along portions of the north shore into Cook County.

Portions of central and southern Minnesota could see over one-half inch of liquid precipitation.

Thursday will see sunshine break back out, with highs well into the 50s for much of Minnesota. That’s still just a little below normal but nice by April 2022 standards. 

Even warmer conditions develop Friday into Saturday with a likelihood of our first 70 in the Twin Cities and for much of central and southern Minnesota.

We also have the risk of some thunderstorms Friday and Saturday for portions of Minnesota. The severe risk Friday looks to be a little more south and west.

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It’ll still be on the cool side of normal Tuesday but with brighter skies and light winds. Highs will be mainly in the 40s with some pockets of 30s north. Showers start to develop north Tuesday night and fill in east and south into Wednesday morning.


It’s a chilly start after a night of clear skies and lighter winds. We’ll see a warmer afternoon Tuesday with increasing clouds. Rain showers move in Wednesday midday.

Enjoy Tuesday’s sunshine, rain develops Wednesday

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