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Weather and Climate News

Warmer temps and melting snow; how much will the rivers rise this week?

Warmer temps and melting snow; how much will the rivers rise this week?

Astronomical spring arrives at 4:58 p.m. CDT on Wednesday. It’ll look and feel more and more like spring this week, as temps rise and our snow cover shrinks. Temperature trends Monday afternoon highs are expected to reach the upper 30s in much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. We could touch 40 in the Twin Cities metro…
by Ron Trenda

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More evacuations in Midwest as floodwaters head downstream

More evacuations in Midwest as floodwaters head downstream

Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees. Hundreds of people in neighboring Nebraska also have been displaced by the late-winter flood.
by Associated Press

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The weather extremes of St. Patrick’s Day; warmer temps this week, with 50s in sight

The weather extremes of St. Patrick’s Day; warmer temps this week, with 50s in sight

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We all know that March can be a fickle month, so it’s not too surprising that there’s been a wide range of St. Patrick’s Day weather over the years. Our warmest St. Patrick’s Day in the Twin Cities was in 2012, when we hit 80 degrees. Our coldest official Twin Cities…
by Ron Trenda

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Rescues, evacuations as floodwaters breach levees in Midwest

Rescues, evacuations as floodwaters breach levees in Midwest

Authorities were using boats and large vehicles on Saturday to rescue and evacuate residents in parts of the Midwest where a recent deluge of rainwater and snowmelt was sent pouring over frozen ground, overwhelming creeks and rivers, and killing at least one person.
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St. Patrick’s Day heat of 2012; temps ramp up this coming week

St. Patrick’s Day heat of 2012; temps ramp up this coming week

Our average high temp on March 17 is 42 degrees in the Twin Cities metro area. Can you imagine a St. Patrick’s Day with a high temp of 80 degrees? That’s what happened in the Twin Cities in 2012. The timing was good too, since it occurred on a Saturday. The ice went out on…
by Ron Trenda

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No storms in sight; temps ramp up this coming week

No storms in sight; temps ramp up this coming week

Last weekend, we were dealing with a winter storm. The weekend before that it was arctic air that numbed us, with a Sunday low of 13 below zero in the Twin Cities, followed by an afternoon “high” of zero. A blizzard hit much of Minnesota during the final weekend of February. This is from the…
by Ron Trenda

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Snow cover shrinks; cool, quiet weekend

Snow cover shrinks; cool, quiet weekend

Twin Cities metro area highs reach 40 degrees on Monday, followed by lower 40s Tuesday, and mid-40s Wednesday. We could see highs in the upper 40s Thursday and around 50 next Friday.
by Ron Trenda

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Wind, water, snow and ice: Minnesota's winter won't go quietly

Wind, water, snow and ice: Minnesota's winter won't go quietly

MPR News reporters are fanned out across the state, talking to Minnesotans about how they're dealing with the wild weather and prepping for possible floods. Here's what we know.
by Tim Pugmire, Laura McCallum, Dan Gunderson, Paul Tosto, MPR News Staff, Meg Martin, John Enger and Nina Moini

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