Weather and Climate News

A bright Sunday; shower chance returns to metro area Monday afternoon
It was a nice way to end our summer. There was plenty of sunshine in central and southern Minnesota on Saturday. Our Twin Cities high temp of 67 degrees was just a couple of degrees cooler than our average September 22 high. There was enough wind for the late-summer regatta on Lake Harriet: I think…
A bright weekend; update on the NWS tornado survey
It was a chilly Saturday morning all across Minnesota. The official low temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 45 degrees, and it was a few degrees cooler than that in some of the outlying parts of the metro area. Northeastern Minnesota had a lot of lower 30s early Saturday morning, and Hibbing dropped to…
Autumn washes in behind heavy rains
Heavy rain and high winds swept across the state yesterday, punctuating an already wet week with toppled trees, flooded roads, and even school closures.
Severe storms, tornadoes leave path of destruction across southern Minnesota
Residents in communities across a wide swath of southern Minnesota assessed and cleaned up damage Friday after severe thunderstorms — including several tornadoes — swept across the region Thursday night.