Weather and Climate News

Fog early Sat., then gorgeous; Sunday shower chance
Some areas of eastern Minnesota, far southwestern Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have dense fog early this Saturday morning.  Dense fog advisories are in effect for many counties until 8 a.m.: The dense fog advisory in parts of southwestern Minnesota expires at 9 a.m. Here are the dense fog advisories to the north: Here are…
The Mississippi River has been flooding for 41 days now
The record-breaking flooding is threatening communities and farm land along the upper Mississippi. Davenport, Iowa, is experiencing downtown flooding. The high water is continuing to move downriver.
Minnesota teens urge climate action at Legislature
More than 100 teenagers rallied outside the Capitol on Friday to urge lawmakers to include a 100 percent clean energy mandate in final bill negotiations.
On a whole, it was cooler and wetter than usual.
Warming trend; Saturday will be the nicer day of the weekend
Expect Friday afternoon highs in the 60s in the Twin Cities metro area and much of central and southern Minnesota. Saturday highs reach the lower 70s across most of southern Minnesota.
Temps start to recover; aiming for 70 on Saturday
Highs are expected to reach the 50s across most of Minnesota this Thursday afternoon, with some 40s in north-central and northeastern Minnesota. Looking into next week, metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 60s Monday and Tuesday.