Weather and Climate News

Thursday thunderstorm chances; steamy Friday through Sunday
Twin Cities metro area temperatures reached the mid-80s late Wednesday afternoon, but dew point temperatures were in the comfortable 50s.  We have some warmer temps and much stickier dew points in the forecast over the next few days. Temperature trends Most of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin will see highs in the 80s Thursday afternoon, with…
A summery Wednesday; steamy weather Friday and this weekend
If you care about “good sleeping weather” you’ll want to get all the sleep that you can the next couple of nights. Anyone without air-conditioning will be dealing with steamy air later this week and this weekend. Dew points creep up a bit on Wednesday, then they’ll be in the sticky 60s across much of…
Warming to a weekend heat wave
The warmup will begin Tuesday with just a gentle nudge on the thermometer up to seasonable temperatures. Afternoon high temperatures should range from the low and mid-70s across northern Minnesota to the low 80s in the south.
Watershed district won't issue permit for Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project
The Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project encountered a major setback when the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District and its managers voted against a permit for the $2.75 billion project at a meeting Monday night.
Scattered storms will weaken Monday evening; hot and humid later this week
As expected, the hot June sun activated an unstable atmosphere to fire up a scattering of showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon from International Falls on the Canadian border to St. Cloud, the Twin Cities area and southeastern Minnesota. Lightning reports identify some of the thunderstorms. Note that we seem to be along the route of…
Showery Monday; hot and rather muggy later this week
Rain gauges have been busy from Sunday through the overnight into early Monday morning. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport measured 0.62 inches of rain for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. while St. Paul’s downtown airport picked up a soggy 1.38 inches. My backyard rain gauge in Minneapolis registered o.44 inches. Rather heavy rain has…
Monday showers at times, possibly a thunderstorm; a shot at 90 later this week
I’ve heard from several people who have really enjoyed this stretch of days with highs in the 70s. Those of you that like warmer temperatures won’t have to wait very long. Temperature trends Highs will be in the 70s across most of Minnesota Monday afternoon, with 60s to the northeast: Our average high temp is…
Sunday showers at times, with a thunderstorm also possible; a shot at 90 later this week
Northwestern Minnesota and most of west-central Minnesota will have a beautiful and dry Sunday.  The remainder of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin will have periods of showers, with a few embedded thunderstorms also possible. Intermittent showers and the chance of thunderstorms will linger in many areas overnight Sunday night and into Monday. The National Oceanic and…