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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists, Paul Huttner, Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

MPR News brings you the latest weather outlook, across all of Minnesota, so you can be better prepared for your day.

Bright and cooler than normal to start the week

Bright and cooler than normal to start the week

Cooler than normal temperatures will continue for the early week. Temps will gradually warm to near-normal, which is the upper 70s by mid to late week. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Chilly night ahead with frost likely in the Northland

Chilly night ahead with frost likely in the Northland

A cool Canadian air mass will keep conditions quiet and crisp to start the week. Overnight lows will fall into the 40s under clear skies, with this cooler, calm stretch continuing through the end of August.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Breezy and cooler with increasing cloud cover

Breezy and cooler with increasing cloud cover

Cooler temperatures, increasing clouds, and brisk northwest winds will keep summer on pause through mid-week, as Canadian high pressure limits any meaningful precipitation during the final days of August.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Cool and calm tonight, staying chilly tomorrow

Cool and calm tonight, staying chilly tomorrow

After a breezy Saturday, winds are finally beginning to ease across the region. Northwest winds are gradually diminishing this evening. As clouds continue to break up overnight, temperatures will slip into cooler territory.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Fall-like chill settles in for the weekend; blustery northwest winds

Fall-like chill settles in for the weekend; blustery northwest winds

Unseasonably cool air settles in this weekend from Canada, sending temperatures 10–15 degrees below normal. Blustery northwest winds at 5–15 mph will add a noticeable chill.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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A taste of fall this weekend across Minnesota

A taste of fall this weekend across Minnesota

It’s a fall preview this weekend across Minnesota. Highs in the 60s are more typical for early October.
by Paul Huttner

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Sweater weather meets the state fair for opening weekend

Sweater weather meets the state fair for opening weekend

A burst of unseasonably cool air is arriving for the opening weekend of the Minnesota State Fair, giving fairgoers a surprise taste of fall.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Significant cold front swinging through Minnesota Friday

Significant cold front swinging through Minnesota Friday

We’ll see some spotty to scattered showers and a few thunderstorms as a potent cold front swings through the state. Temperatures will not reach 70 degrees on Sunday. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Scattered showers into Friday; October preview this weekend

Scattered showers into Friday; October preview this weekend

A few spotty showers are possible Friday. Then, the coldest air mass so far this season pushes into Minnesota this weekend.
by Paul Huttner

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