Weather and Climate News

Winds stay breezy Wednesday, and most of the state sees sunshine, with the exception of wet weather in the Arrowhead.
Temperatures turn slightly cooler mid-week only to rebound by the weekend. Skies stay mostly sunny, with the best precipitation chances in northern Minnesota.
Minnesota faces gusty winds Tuesday that moves cooler air back across the state, but sunshine helps temperatures rebound by the end of the week.
Behind a cold front, sunshine returns Tuesday, but there will also be wind gusts over 30 mph and cooler high temperatures.
Pleasant Labor Day weekend wraps up with thunderstorms in northern MN
Scattered thunderstorms will spread from northwestern Minnesota east-southeastward across mainly northern Minnesota Monday night. Rain will then be sparse for a few days.
Labor Day will be the warmest day of the week for much of Minnesota, with a chance for storms overnight. Then a mostly dry and seasonable pattern prevails the remainder of the week.
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Pleasant Labor Day, then Monday night thunder north
We’ve had two days of gorgeous weather. Can we keep the weather streak going on Labor Day? We have the answer to that question, plus a look at the week ahead.