Weather and Climate News

Art Shanty Projects closes due to warm weather
The Art Shanty Projects on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis closed six days after opening due to unseasonably warm weather, leaving the organization facing a financial shortfall.
Mora's Vasaloppet USA cross-country ski race canceled due to lack of snow
With “no ability to make additional snow or groom this week, we will not be able to put on a race worthy of the Vasaloppet name,” organizers of the longtime ski race in Mora announced Thursday.
Warm weather forces park officials to suspend Isle Royale wolf count for first time in decades
The National Park Service suspended the count Tuesday out of concerns that warm weather has left the ice surrounding the island unsafe for the ski-planes the researchers use in their surveys. Regional temperatures have been above freezing for the last week.
Marchlike warmth Thursday through Sunday; snow drought update
Our first day of February will feel like the third week of March. Unusually warm temperatures will linger through the weekend. Our snow drought continues.
Thursday morning fog followed by some sun. Unusually warm again
We’re starting out with some fog today and some areas have a dense fog advisory this morning. We have the fog details, plus a look at unusually-warm temperatures for this afternoon.