Weather and Climate News

Wintry mix for metro Sunday evening into Monday; heaviest snow targets northeastern Minn.
We’re very consistent with our high temps at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Our Saturday high temp was 47 degrees, matching Friday’s high temp at MSP airport. It was a great afternoon to be outdoors: Saturday’s high tied our Twin Cities metro area record high temp for Jan. 5. Friday’s high was a new Twin Cities record…
January thaw continues; Mix of rain and snow Sunday night
Fans of mild January temps will be smiling Saturday afternoon. If you like cooler temps, hang in there, temps will be much closer to normal in a few days. Temperature trends Our average Twin Cities metro area high is 24 degrees this time of year. Saturday afternoon highs should reach the 40s in the Twin…
Mark Seeley on our winter warm up
An Arctic Air Mass gripped the state on New Year's Day this year. However, a warming trend began early on January 3rd of this week. Retired meteorologist Mark Seeley talks about the big change in temperatures.
Record high within reach; mild weekend, rain and snow Sunday night
Saturday highs are expected to range from the upper 20s in far northwestern Minnesota to 40s in the southeast. Sunday highs will be mainly in the 20s in the northern half of Minnesota, with 30s south.
January thaw begins; mostly quiet into the weekend
This is the beginning of our 2019 January thaw. According to the Minnesota State Climatology Office, a January thaw is defined as “two or more consecutive days where the maximum temperature is above 32 degrees. For the Twin Cities this happens about 93% of the time.” The last time there was not a January thaw in…
Milder by Wednesday afternoon, a shot at 40 by Friday; the top weather events of 2018
We came oh so close to dipping below zero at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on New Year’s Day. The low temp was zero, so we still haven’t seen an official sub-zero reading in the Twin Cities this winter. We could come close to zero Tuesday night. Low temps will be below zero across much of…