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Weather and Climate News

Historic blizzard winding down slowly

Historic blizzard winding down slowly

Ah, the joy of removing a foot-plus of dense snow with ice and slush at the bottom. I hope that your back handled the task better than mine did. This storm produced so much snow for several reasons: It has been a huge and very powerful mid-latitude cyclone It tapped into a massive plume of…
by Bill Endersen

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April snowfall record falls; snow tapers off Sunday evening in metro

April snowfall record falls; snow tapers off Sunday evening in metro

If you’re going to have a lot of April snow, you might as well have enough to set a record. That’s what happened in the Twin Cities metro area this weekend. The snow total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport from late Friday though 7 a.m. Sunday was 12.9 inches: Storm Total Snowfall from April 13…
by Ron Trenda

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A few more inches of snow; chilly winds as we shovel and plow

A few more inches of snow; chilly winds as we shovel and plow

The snow isn’t over, but snow amounts will be much lighter today in most of Minnesota. Yesterday’s official snow total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 11.1 inches, which gaves us an official Twin Cities storm total of 12.2 inches, with more snow on the way. ______________________________________________________________________________ Update:  another seven- tenths of an inch at MSP…
by Ron Trenda

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Travel slowly returns to normal after April blizzard

Travel slowly returns to normal after April blizzard

Most roads in southwestern Minnesota were open again Sunday, and airplanes are back in the sky over Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after an historic blizzard Saturday forced runways to close. But some problems still persist.
by Nina Moini

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