Weather and Climate News

Cooler temps, but no snowstorms; Tornado anniversary
It was a wet snow that wasn’t easy to shovel. Now we can relax a bit. Our official Twin Cities season snowfall total is now 48 inches. That puts us 3.8 inches above our average season snowfall total through March 6. It’s not your imagination if it seems snowier than normal lately! Snowstorm tally The…
Snowfall ending; shoveling begins
Temperatures will moderate a bit each day Wednesday through Sunday even though our fresh snow will absorb some of the warmth and slow the process. By Sunday the metro area might flirt with 40 degrees.
Storm ending this morning
Here is a quick update of what you might want to know early this morning: Generally around 4 to 8 inches of snow fall across the Twin Cities metro area Greater amounts of about 8 to 10 inches fell farther north from the Detroit Lakes area to around Hinckley There were many crashes and even…
Here's why schools closed before it even started snowing
The Twin Cities woke up this morning to icy roads but no major snow, prompting some to ask, "When did Minnesota get so soft?" It's likely that no superintendent wants a repeat of what happened to the St. Paul school district in January.