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It’s that time of the year for farmers when an inch of rain can go a long way. 

Our weekend deluge hit areas west of the Twin Cities hardest. Several inches of rain fell west of the Twin Cities and in parts of southern Minnesota. 

Rainfall totals through just Saturday show 2 to more than 3 inches fell in many locations in southern Minnesota.

Many locations picked up another shot of significant rainfall Sunday.

Overall the crop picture in Minnesota remains fairly good despite patchwork rain in Minnesota this summer. Here are some highlights from this week’s updated Minnesota Crop Report. 

Here’s more detail from this week’s crop report. 

Overall this week looks warm and dry. Highs will be in the 80s this week to near 90 degrees by the upcoming weekend. The best chance for more rain favors areas west of the Twin Cities again by Friday. 

The European model favors rainfall of an inch or more along and west of Interstate 94 between Fargo and the western Twin Cities toward the Minnesota River Valley area. 

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Paul Huttner

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Crop in Minnesota generally coming along.

Minnesota Crop Report

CoCoRaHS

European model (ECMWF) precipitation output

Weekend rainfall helped crops in much of central Minnesota

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