Cool start to the week; Updated Saturday rain totals
Chilliest morning temps on Wednesday
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The official Saturday/Saturday night rainfall total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was just five-hundredths (.05) of an inch.
Many Twin Cities metro area rain totals were less than one-tenth of an inch, but Inver Grove Heights tallied .21 of an inch and Bloomington and Mahtomedi reported .15 of an inch.
To the north, Princeton tallied .23 of an inch and Cambridge recorded .22 of an inch.
Here are 24-hour rainfall measurements taken by the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS):
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Some of the highest Saturday/Saturday night rainfall totals were in southeastern Minnesota:
A few miles east of Rochester, there was rainfall report of .62 of an inch. Near Stewartville, in southern Olmsted County, there was a report of .73 of an inch of rain. Hayfield, in southern Dodge County, tallied .56 of an inch.
A few spots to the northeast of Duluth had between one-third of an inch and one-half of an inch of rain Saturday into Saturday night:
If you go to the linked CoCoRaHS site, you can zoom and pan the rainfall map, then click on any data point to get the rainfall total plus the exact location and time of the rainfall measurement.
Mainly dry Sunday, then rain chance in some areas Monday
Sunday is expected to be rain-free in most of Minnesota. Eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin could see an isolated shower Sunday afternoon.
Parts of northern Minnesota and western Wisconsin could see a few scattered showers on Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern from 5 a.m. Monday to 10 p.m. Monday:
You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network. Also check out the MPR News display of National Weather Service radar.
Temperature trends
The average Twin Cities high temperature is 75 degrees this time of year. Metro area highs are forecast to be mainly in the lower 70s Sunday afternoon. A few spots in the metro could be slightly warmer than that.
Much of Minnesota will reach the lower 70s Sunday afternoon, but there will be some 60s in north-central and northeastern Minnesota and in portions of northwestern Wisconsin.
Monday high temps will be in the 60s from northern Minnesota into western Wisconsin, with mainly lower 70s elsewhere:
Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the upper 60s on Tuesday, then around 70 degrees Wednesday, followed by mid 70s Thursday and upper 70s on Friday.
The chilliest early-morning temperatures are expected to be on Wednesday, with 40s in the metro area and 30s in portions of central and northern Minnesota.
Weather nuggets
The average Twin Cities high temperature drops 11 degrees between the first day of September and the last day of September.
The average Twin Cities high temp drops 16 degrees between the first day of October and the last day of October. The average Twin Cities high temperature is 50 degrees on Halloween.
Programming note
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