The 46th annual American Birkebeiner ski race in Wisconsin runs this Saturday. Weather conditions look favorable in the morning with temperatures warming above freezing in the afternoon.
Winters are warming faster than summers in many places, and colder parts of the U.S. are warming faster than hotter ones. The warming winter climate has year-round consequences across the country.
Colder air will grip the state through the middle of the week, but by the weekend, temperatures climb well above average. Sunshine prevails most of the week ahead.
Heavy snow and thin ice nearly shut down this year’s ice fishing season across much of northern Minnesota. Now, resort owners are hoping for state loans to recover from what they’re calling a natural disaster. Lake Winnibigoshish seemed to get the worst of it.
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