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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Paul Huttner

A month's worth of rain: 3 to 7 inches in the past week

Heaviest rain may favor northern Minnesota through Tuesday

NOAA GFS precipitation output
Global Forecast System precipitation output forecast through Saturday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

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Our June monsoon persists this week. A flood watch remains in effect through Tuesday night and into Wednesday for much of Minnesota.

Flood watch
Flood watch continues for most of Minnesota
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Including the cities of Hutchinson, Victoria, Stillwater, St Paul, Chanhassen, Hastings, Hudson, Minneapolis, Monticello, Olivia, Gaylord, Blaine, Litchfield, Chaska, and Shakopee

253 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Minnesota, including the following areas, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Ramsey, Renville, Scott, Sibley, Washington and Wright and west central Wisconsin, including the following area, St. Croix.

* WHEN...Through late Tuesday night.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

Another round of heavy rainfall soaked much of Minnesota Monday morning. Most of the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota picked up another 1 to 2 inches of rainfall through early Monday morning.

Here are some select rainfall totals as of Monday morning:

  • Lake Elmo, 2.23 inches

  • Morgan, 2.12 inches

  • Glencoe, 1.9 inches

  • Worthington, 1.6 inches

  • Owatonna, 1.5 inches

  • Twin Cities area, 1 to 2 inches

Rainfall totals
Rainfall totals Monday morning.
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Here’s a more complete listing of rainfall reports through early Monday morning. Additional rainfall occurred at many locations after these reports came in.

A month’s worth of rain

June is the wettest month of the year on average in Minnesota. The normal June rainfall for the Twin Cities is 4.58 inches. In just the past week much of central and southern Minnesota has picked up more than a month’s worth of summer rainfall.

Glencoe, southwest of the Twin Cities, has recorded 6.97 inches of rain in the past week.

Here are some other incredible rainfall totals for the past seven days.

  • Twin Cities area, 2 to 5 inches

  • Bloomington, 4.62 inches

  • Owatonna, 4.15 inches

  • New Ulm, 4.68 inches

  • East Bethel, 5.10 inches

Rainfall patterns through Tuesday favor more rain across the northern half of Minnesota. But another line of storms will likely reach the Twin Cities late Tuesday afternoon and evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model shows rainfall trends through Tuesday evening:

NOAA HRRR model
High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model between 4 p.m. Monday and 10 p.m. Tuesday
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

We catch a break in the rainfall Wednesday with sunny skies and highs in the 70s.

Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
NOAA

Another batch of rain arrives Thursday into Saturday, but northern Minnesota may see the heaviest rainfall in the next week.

NOAA GFS precipitation output
Global Forecast System precipitation output through Saturday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Right now, next week looks drier overall.

Stay tuned.