Weather and Climate News

Ice is forming - but no access to Apostle Islands ice caves, yet
Last week's cold snap helped form a lot more ice on Lake Superior — but access to the well-known mainland ice caves at Wisconsin's Apostle Islands National Lakeshore remains closed.
MnDOT says new snow fencing is paying dividends this winter
During the first storms of the season, from December into early January, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said there was a noticeable decrease in crashes in areas where the new fencing is located.
Wintry mix Sunday evening into early Monday; heavy snow in northern Minnesota
Parts of northern Minnesota will see heavy snow Sunday evening into Monday, while a wintry mix of light rain/light freezing rain, sleet and light snow moves across central and southern Minnesota. The wintry mix is expected to bring an icy glaze to untreated roads, streets and sidewalks. The big picture The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Foggy Sunday; wintry mix to snow Sunday evening into Monday, with heavy snow staying north
One year ago today was the Saturday before the Super Bowl. There was some nice fluffy snow that day as multiple festivities took place in downtown Minneapolis: At times during the 1 to 2 inch snowfall it looked like a beautiful snow globe. Super Bowl Sunday was sunny and very cold, so visitors had a…
Fog lingers; wintry mix to snow Sunday evening into Monday
Many Minnesota and western Wisconsin residents are waking up to dense fog this Sunday. The fog will linger much of the day in southern Minnesota, but it’s expected to diminish a bit elsewhere. A dense fog advisory covers much of Minnesota and Wisconsin: The Twin Cities metro area remains in a dense fog advisory until…
Foggy in many areas; heaviest snow stays north Sunday night into Monday
Our Saturday afternoon high of 38 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 13 degrees warmer than average for this time of year. It was also our warmest official high temp in the Twin Cities since Jan. 8. It was nice to see a lot of people out and about, and not bracing against arctic winds!…
Mildest temps since mid-January; snowstorm for northern Minn. Sunday evening into Monday
Happy Groundhog Day! We’ll have mild weekend temps, followed by cooler weather this coming week. If you’re heading out to play in the snow this weekend, you’ll be interested in the latest Minnesota snow depth map from the Minnesota State Climatology Office: Temperature trends Saturday afternoon highs are expected to be in the 30s across roughly the…
Duluth gets federal disaster declaration for October storm damage
President Trump issued a federal disaster declaration Friday for St. Louis County for damage from a storm last October that brought high winds and damaging waves to the Lake Superior shore in Duluth.