Weather and Climate News

Third wettest year-to-date on record; warmup starts Thursday
How wet has it been? The 1.83 inches of rain at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Memorial Day brought our 2019 precipitation total (rain plus the water content of snow) to 15.61 inches. That’s the third highest precipitation total from January 1 through May 27 in Twin Cities weather records: It was a soggy Memorial…
1 dead, 130 injured as twisters rip through Ohio and Indiana
At least half a dozen communities from eastern Indiana through central Ohio suffered damage, according to the National Weather Service, though authorities working through the night had reported no fatalities as of early Tuesday.
Monday tornado damage in southern Minn.; warming trend this week
Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see highs in the 60s Tuesday afternoon, but some lower 70s are expected in portions of northwestern and north-central Minnesota. High temps reach the 70s in much of northern and central Minnesota on Wednesday
Memorial Day rain winding down; much milder the rest of the week
A huge area of widespread rain has been racing northeastward across mainly the southern half of Minnesota this Memorial Day and will depart the state this evening. Rainfall amounts are just beginning to come in. Most of the reports I have seen so far have been in the 1.5 to 2.5-inch range. New Ulm measured…
Soggy Memorial Day for many; localized flooding possible in the south
Update at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday The National Weather Service has cancelled the flood watch that had been posted for parts of est central to southern Minnesota and west central Wisconsin. A few rainfall reports have come in, mainly for amounts generally between 1.5 and 2.5 inches, with rain still falling in some of…
Periods of rain and thunder on Memorial Day; rivers are rising
Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin enjoyed sunshine and pleasant temperatures on Sunday.  Memorial Day will be cloudy and rainy in many areas. On to the details. Temperature trends  Our Sunday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 73 degrees. That was one degree above average for May 26, and it was quite an…
Tornado kills at least 2 people, injures 29 others in Oklahoma
A tornado leveled a motel and tore through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 29 others, authorities said Sunday.
A bright and pleasant Sunday, followed by a rainy Memorial Day
You’ll like our Sunday weather, and I’m really glad that it’s happening on a weekend. Rain is in the forecast for much of Minnesota on Memorial Day. On to the details. Temperature trends Sunday afternoon highs will reach the 70s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. There will be some 60s in far northern…
Flooding leads to evacuations in Oklahoma, Arkansas
Officials on Saturday warned some Tulsa residents to prepare to head to higher ground because old levees holding back the swollen Arkansas River are stressed and more rain is expected for the flood-weary region.