Weather and Climate News

Weekend weather: Summery temps; Saturday morning rain chance
We’ll have a flashback to summer this weekend. Some spots could see a passing shower or thunderstorm Saturday morning. Leaf-peepers have many options this weekend.
Drought conditions improve dramatically across Minnesota
Substantial rainfall in the past seven days had a really positive impact on Minnesota drought conditions, Thursday’s drought monitor report shows. Parts of the state will see a chance of thunderstorms on Friday.
Slowly decreasing clouds Thursday and a little warmer
Expect clouds to slowly decrease Thursday allowing temperatures to be a little warmer. Friday will be much warmer with highs near 80 south and the chance of thunder north and west.
Tracking the elusive sunshine; big weekend warmup
We’ll see peeks of sunshine but skies will be mostly cloudy Wednesday with a few spotty showers still. Thursday will bring more sun later in the day ahead of a big weekend warmup.
Lingering clouds, few showers Wednesday; weekend warm up on track
Areas of cloud cover and even an isolated shower will continue Wednesday for much of central and southern Minnesota. Abundant sunshine will likely wait until Friday.
Two months' worth of rain in some locations
Torrential rainfall is more than two month’s average in some locations.