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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.

Warmer temps this week; frosty start Monday in northern Minnesota

Warmer temps this week; frosty start Monday in northern Minnesota

Average temps are more than OK in June. Our average high temp is 74 degrees this time of year in the Twin Cities metro area.  The Sunday high of 75 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport followed a Saturday high of 73 degrees. Average those weekend highs and you get 74 degrees. Most of Minnesota…
by Ron Trenda

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A nice Sunday, filtered sunshine west; pleasant temps this coming week

A nice Sunday, filtered sunshine west; pleasant temps this coming week

Our Sunday will be rain-free in most areas. That’s a welcome development for people dealing with soggy lawns, gardens and farm fields. I’m sure that Grand Old Day participants in St. Paul will enjoy our Sunday weather. Canadian wildfire smoke  The morning satellite pictures are showing a veil of smoke from Canadian wildfires covering much…
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Some Sunday morning frost in northern Minnesota; milder temps this week

It was a nice, sun-splashed Saturday across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Our Saturday afternoon high of 73 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was fairly typical for June 1.  Our average high temp is 74 degrees this time of year in the Twin Cities metro area.  The average Twin Cities high temp increases…
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Is it summer yet?; frost advisory northern Minnesota Saturday night

Is it summer yet?; frost advisory northern Minnesota Saturday night

Today is the start of meteorological summer! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has this explanation of the meteorological seasons: Meteorologists and climatologists break the seasons down into groupings of three months based on the annual temperature cycle as well as our calendar. We generally think of winter as the coldest time of the year…
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Summery Friday, with a late-afternoon thunder chance; weekend 70s

Summery Friday, with a late-afternoon thunder chance; weekend 70s

The southern two-thirds of Minnesota, plus much of western Wisconsin, will see Friday highs well into the 80s. A few spots could creep above 90, even in the Twin Cities metro area. Roughly the northern third of Minnesota will top out in the 70s, with some 60s in parts of the northeast.
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Warmer today, with smoke-filtered sunshine; 70s this weekend

Warmer today, with smoke-filtered sunshine; 70s this weekend

A cold front sags slowly through Minnesota Friday afternoon and Friday night, triggering some scattered showers and thunderstorms. Our rain chance in the Twin Cities will probably hold off until Friday evening. That rain chance will continue into early Saturday.
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