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The penultimate month of 2025 opens on milder-than-normal notes across Minnesota this week. Temperatures are running about 10 degrees warmer than normal to open November. 

On the map below, you can see widespread 50s and a few 60-degree temperatures in southern Minnesota Monday afternoon.

Tuesday brings another nice November day. We start cool in the 30s, but temperatures will rise again in the afternoon well into the 50s under a lower November sun angle.

Mostly sunny skies linger Wednesday with highs in the 50s south once again but cooler 40s up north.

Temperatures will trend cooler later this week.

The forecast models are pretty confident that a clipper-type system will sail through the Upper Midwest on Saturday. 

What’s less confident at this point is the precise track and temperature profile. That means precipitation is likely Saturday. It could be rain and or snow depending on track and temperatures. 

I won’t show the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s less trusty Global Forecast System model, but it suggests accumulating snow potential Saturday. However, it’s the outlier. 

The usually more trusty European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model brings the system farther north and suggests a mix of snow showers north and rain showers south. Check out the map below.

Given forecast uncertainty at this point, the actionable forecast info is to expect colder temperatures and a possible mix of rain south and snow central and north across Minnesota Saturday. 

As we say in the weather biz, stay tuned.

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Paul Huttner

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November opens on milder-than-normal notes in Minnesota. But changes by Saturday will make it feel more like late November. 

November nice: Mild for now, but a rain, snow chance Saturday

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