Soaking rain but not a drought-killer

Rain wraps up Friday evening. The weekend begins foggy but wraps up with lots of sunshine and cooler weather than we’ve had recently. The next best chance of rain is early next Tuesday.

Rain falls over a parched Minnesota

As advertised, the slow and steady stratiform rain stalled out, lingering well into the much cooler afternoon across southern Minnesota.

St. Peter, New Ulm, Redwood and Granite Falls picked up significant rain. While we have not seen much flooding yet, I’ll be interested to see the lower Minnesota River Valley in the coming days.

In the Twin Cities, we’re closing in on the largest 24-hour total rainfall in nearly a year at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

The rains wraps up for most by dinner time, but might linger around the Twin Cities Friday evening through 7 p.m. or a little longer.

Dry weekend, then early week storms

The weekend starts off kind of damp. Some in Minnesota may contend with fog early Saturday morning. But conditions will dry out quickly.

We expect storms late Monday night into Tuesday. This has long been blinking as the next sign of a cold front. Often that means severe weather this time of the year.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center has added parts of Minnesota to its Monday-Tuesday threat map.

Much the rest of the workweek is tranquil and warm.

Highs will be generally in the lower 80s, and so many may be able to save a few bucks on the air-conditioning bill, which could be big this year after our multiple heat waves. July 2026 should go down as the warmest overall month ever recorded in American history.

Following Tuesday morning’s powerful front we are looking at some more chances by Saturday next week. This is more of a north-to-south mover.