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Cooler temps Sunday, with a chance of showers; a lot of 70s in the coming week
Most of Minnesota and Wisconsin enjoyed beautiful summery weather on Saturday. The high of 88 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 11 degrees warmer than our average June 8 high temp. As expected, thunderstorms blossomed over northwestern Minnesota and parts of west-central Minnesota Saturday afternoon.  Here’s the Saturday afternoon satellite loop: A severe thunderstorm…
A summery Saturday, western Minnesota has best t-storm chance; cooler on Sunday
A summery milestone was reached Friday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport: First 90° day of the year in the Twin Cities! The last time we reached 90° was on September 16th. #mnwx pic.twitter.com/MNJWJVrbGi — NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) June 7, 2019 The sunshine and warmth was quite a contrast to that rainy day about three…
Very summery through Saturday; cooler on Sunday
How wet has it been the past 12 months?  The United States had its wettest June (2018) through May (2019) period, while Minnesota recorded its second-wettest June through May: Record amount of precipitation during the past 12 months: Wisconsin had the wettest June through May on record & Minnesota had the 2nd wettest June through…
A summery stretch, then cooler on Sunday; Minnesota crop update
Thursday afternoon highs will be in the 80s across most of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin. There'll be some 70s in north-central and northeastern Minnesota and even a few 60s around Grand Marais. Similar highs are on tap for Friday