Weather and Climate News

Revised air quality alert for Minnesota
Smoke from Canadian wildfires will affect air quality in portions of Minnesota this afternoon through Friday. The air quality alert has been updated.
Drought improves across Minnesota; more air quality alerts
The latest drought monitor shows the biggest improvement of the summer. Smoke is returning to the skies of Minnesota prompting air quality alerts. Heat builds back in for the weekend.
Strong storms possible late Wednesday; cooler Thursday with wildfire smoke returning
Wednesday will be hot and windy with storms developing late in the day ahead of a cool front. Behind that front it will be a comfortable Thursday, but wildfire smoke from Canada could also blanket the state.
Windy, hot Wednesday with storms later; air quality alert north
It will be hot and windy Wednesday ahead of a cool front that’ll touch off storms late in the day. Some of those storms could be severe. It’ll be cooler Thursday before heating up again.
Severe risk Wednesday; 90s ahead this weekend
We’re about to add more 90-degree days to our toasty summer.