Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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It was nice to crack open the windows Saturday and let in some fresh air. The steamy heat of this past week is gone, replaced by cooler and much less humid air.

The Saturday high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 75 degrees. That’s a few degrees shy of the Twin Cities average high for this date, which is 79 degrees. It felt great to be mowing the lawn in the comfortable afternoon breezes.

Winds will lighten up overnight, and there could be some areas of fog late Saturday night into early Sunday.

Sunday high temperatures will be in the 70s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Southwestern Minnesota will see a few lower 80s. There could be some 60s in the portions of Lake County and Cook County that are closest to Lake Superior.

Sunday afternoon dew points will be in the comfortable 50s:

Dew points in the very dry 40s are expected in northeastern Minnesota Sunday afternoon.

Monday high temps reach the 80s in most of southern and central Minnesota, with 70s to the north:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 80s on Tuesday, then around 80 degrees on Wednesday followed by mid 80s Thursday and upper 80s on Friday.

Above-normal temperatures could then linger into the start of the following week, according to the September 1 through September 5 temperature outlook from the NWS Climate Prediction Center:

Some spots in far northern Minnesota could see a passing shower on Sunday. That shower chance may expand into parts of central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin Sunday evening.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News 

90s have been rare at the Minnesota State Fair

The official Twin Cities high temperature (measured at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport) was 91 degrees on Friday.

Why am I mentioning that fact? It’s because it was the first official Twin Cities high temp of 90 degrees or warmer during the Minnesota State Fair since 2013.

A few years ago, the Minnesota State Climatology Office posted some interesting facts about 

Twin Cities high temps during the Minnesota State Fair

 for the past few years shows that the official Twin Cities high temp didn’t reach 90 degrees or warmer until this past Friday.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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Ron Trenda

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Comfortable temperatures and dew points will linger through Sunday. We also take a look at the week ahead, including the first few days of September.

Comfortable on Sunday; 80s this coming week, with upper 80s on Friday

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