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We’ll have more scattered clouds today, but temperatures will be back above normal, ranging from the upper 60s to mid-70s. It will be even warmer later in the week. 

Above-normal temperatures and dry weather continues

Other than some scattered clouds Tuesday, the weather remains largely uneventful. Portions of western and southern Minnesota saw some light sprinkles overnight and an area of sprinkles is fizzling across southeast Minnesota Tuesday morning.

There will be patchy areas of scattered clouds today making it less sunny than yesterday.

High temperatures will be a little warmer, in the low to mid-70s across southern Minnesota with upper 60s in the north. Those readings are already a few degrees above the normal highs which range from 70 in the south to the low 60s north. 

Warmer temperatures set in for tomorrow into the weekend with highs in the upper 70s returning to southern Minnesota. Skies will be sunny also Wednesday through Friday. 

High temperatures could reach 80 degrees in southern Minnesota Thursday and Friday. The continued above-normal temperatures are putting September 2024 in the running for the warmest on record in the Twin Cities. The No. 1 spot was just set last September. 

We also remain dry the rest of this week with the next chance of any potential rain by early next week. There’s a chance of a west coast system and the remnants of soon to be, hurricane Helene converging this weekend into early next week but it increasingly looks likely it will bring moisture this far north and west. 

Total forecast rainfall through Tuesday looks scant for most of the state unforunately.

The 8 to 14 day temperature outlook and precipitation outlook calls for more of the same: above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation into the first days of October. 

Sven Sundgaard

Author

We’ll have more scattered clouds today, but temperatures will be back above normal, ranging from the upper 60s to mid-70s. It will be even warmer later in the week. 


Scattered clouds Tuesday with temperatures trending up

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