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Weather and Climate News

Cold fronted today, with showers possible; mainly 70s this week

Cold fronted today, with showers possible; mainly 70s this week

A cold front continues to move through Minnesota today, accompanied by areas of showers and a thunderstorm chance. Early risers in the Twin Cities metro area enjoyed the most pleasant part of the day. Temperature trends There’ll  will be a lot of highs in the 60s in the northwestern half of Minnesota this Sunday, with some…
by Ron Trenda

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Severe storms bring damaging winds, hail to Red River Valley

The National Weather Service relayed a report of an 84 mph wind gust with trees uprooted near Glyndon, Minn., just east of Moorhead, on Saturday afternoon.
by Andrew Krueger

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Cooler temps Sunday, with a chance of showers; a lot of 70s in the coming week

Cooler temps Sunday, with a chance of showers; a lot of 70s in the coming week

Most of Minnesota and Wisconsin enjoyed beautiful summery weather on Saturday. The high of 88 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 11 degrees warmer than our average June 8 high temp. As expected, thunderstorms blossomed over northwestern Minnesota and parts of west-central Minnesota Saturday afternoon.  Here’s the Saturday afternoon satellite loop: A severe thunderstorm…
by Ron Trenda

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A summery Saturday, western Minnesota has best t-storm chance; cooler on Sunday

A summery Saturday, western Minnesota has best t-storm chance; cooler on Sunday

A summery milestone was reached Friday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport: First 90° day of the year in the Twin Cities! The last time we reached 90° was on September 16th. #mnwx pic.twitter.com/MNJWJVrbGi — NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) June 7, 2019 The sunshine and warmth was quite a contrast to that rainy day about three…
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Mark Seeley on thunderstorms and wet weather

Mark Seeley on thunderstorms and wet weather

Retired University of Minnesota meteorologist and climatologist Mark Seeley talks to MPR's Phil Picardi about the storm this week that created severe thunderstorms and a tornado.
by Phil Picardi

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Very summery through Saturday; cooler on Sunday

Very summery through Saturday; cooler on Sunday

How wet has it been the past 12 months?  The United States had its wettest June (2018) through May (2019) period, while Minnesota recorded its second-wettest June through May: Record amount of precipitation during the past 12 months: Wisconsin had the wettest June through May on record & Minnesota had the 2nd wettest June through…
by Ron Trenda

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A summery stretch, then cooler on Sunday; Minnesota crop update

A summery stretch, then cooler on Sunday; Minnesota crop update

Thursday afternoon highs will be in the 80s across most of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin. There'll be some 70s in north-central and northeastern Minnesota and even a few 60s around Grand Marais. Similar highs are on tap for Friday
by Ron Trenda

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