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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.

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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.
by Ron Trenda

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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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Third wettest year-to-date on record; warmup starts Thursday

Third wettest year-to-date on record; warmup starts Thursday

How wet has it been? The 1.83 inches of rain at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Memorial Day brought our 2019 precipitation total (rain plus the water content of snow) to 15.61 inches. That’s the third highest precipitation total from January 1 through May 27 in Twin Cities weather records: It was a soggy Memorial…
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Monday tornado damage in southern Minn.; warming trend this week

Monday tornado damage in southern Minn.; warming trend this week

Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see highs in the 60s Tuesday afternoon, but some lower 70s are expected in portions of northwestern and north-central Minnesota. High temps reach the 70s in much of northern and central Minnesota on Wednesday
by Ron Trenda

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Memorial Day rain winding down; much milder the rest of the week

Memorial Day rain winding down; much milder the rest of the week

A huge area of widespread rain has been racing northeastward across mainly the southern half of Minnesota this Memorial Day and will depart the state this evening. Rainfall amounts are just beginning to come in. Most of the reports I have seen so far have been in the 1.5 to 2.5-inch range. New Ulm measured…
by Bill Endersen

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Soggy Memorial Day for many; localized flooding possible in the south

Soggy Memorial Day for many; localized flooding possible in the south

Update at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday The National Weather Service has cancelled the flood watch that had been posted for parts of est central to southern Minnesota and west central Wisconsin. A few rainfall reports have come in, mainly for amounts generally between 1.5 and 2.5 inches, with rain still falling in some of…
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Periods of rain and thunder on Memorial Day; rivers are rising

Periods of rain and thunder on Memorial Day; rivers are rising

Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin enjoyed sunshine and pleasant temperatures on Sunday.  Memorial Day will be cloudy and rainy in many areas. On to the details. Temperature trends  Our Sunday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 73 degrees. That was one degree above average for May 26, and it was quite an…
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