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Chilly Monday with more snow possible Tuesday and Wednesday

More cold air moves in for the start of the new year

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24 hour snowfall loop Tuesday through Thursday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts via pivotal weather

We remain in the track of weather systems with another round of snow showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures will be briefly warmer Tuesday before falling again Wednesday.

Chilly Monday with more snow showers on the way Tuesday followed by more cold air

Winter weather advisories persist through much of Monday for central and southern Minnesota due to blowing and drifting of snow. All falling or accumulating snow is long done. There’s also a wind advisory through 12 p.m. Monday for the northern part of the North Shore.

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Winter weather advisories Monday for blowing and drifting of snow
NOAA via pivotal weather

Our latest snow storm is done leaving several or more inches of new snow in its wake. The Twin Cities officially received 5.8 inches. Mankato received 9 inches. Generally the heaviest snowfall was across central and southern Minnesota into western Wisconsin.

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Estimated snowfall from Sunday
NOAA via pivotal weather

It also came with some pretty high wind gusts which contributed to blizzard conditions across southern Minnesota Sunday. Morris clocked a 60 mph wind gust Sunday afternoon.

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Some of the highest wind gusts from Sunday into Sunday night
Sven Sundgaard, National Weather Service data

We’ll see decreasing clouds Monday with some afternoon sunshine. Temperatures will not move much. We’ll remain in the teens and single digits mostly. 

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Forecast highs Monday
National Weather Service

Northwest winds will be blustery Monday morning but should gradually decrease from about 15-30 mph to 10-15 mph by afternoon. 

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Forecast winds 5 a.m. through 8 p.m. Monday
College of DuPage Weather

Tuesday will be briefly warmer ahead of the next clipper system. Southwest Minnesota could be above freezing with low 30s and 20s for most of the rest of us.

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Forecast highs Tuesday
National Weather Service

We remain in the track of most weather systems, being on the edge of the coldest and mild air, which means more snow showers are likely to develop Tuesday. Another clipper will move through Wednesday with a slightly different track. 

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Forecast precipitation 2 a.m. Tuesday through 4 p.m. Wednesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Snowfall Tuesday will be primarily for northeast and portions of east-central Minnesota into western Wisconsin. 

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Forecast snowfall Tuesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Another shot of snow showers Wednesday will be a bit more south and will swipe from northwest through central and southeast Minnesota.

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Forecast snowfall Wednesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

More Arctic air moves in Wednesday and into Thursday and Friday making for a frigid start to the New Year of 2026. If you’re out and about at midnight New Year’s Eve, it’ll be cold with single digits and subzero temperatures.

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Forecast temperatures at midnight for New Year's Eve
National Weather Service

New Year’s Day Thursday should yield sunshine but cold temperatures. Most will see highs in the single digits with some teens in far southern Minnesota Thursday afternoon.

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Forecast highs Thursday (New Year's Day)
National Weather Service

More seasonable temperatures, mostly in the teens and 20s moves in for the weekend along with a few quiet days of weather.