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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists, Paul Huttner, Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

MPR News brings you the latest weather outlook, across all of Minnesota, so you can be better prepared for your day.

Mild temps through Monday, then cooler

Mild temps through Monday, then cooler

Our average high is now 58 degrees in the Twin Cities. We’ll do better than that; our afternoon highs will be more than 10 degrees warmer than average both today and Monday. I don’t anticipate and complaints about excessive heat! Here are the projected Sunday afternoon highs: Lower 70s are on tap for southern Minnesota, with…
by Ron Trenda

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Mild weekend temps; full Hunter’s moon

Mild weekend temps; full Hunter’s moon

Our average high temperature for October 15 is 59 degrees in the Twin Cities. We’ll over-achieve in the temperature department this weekend. 60s will be common across Minnesota this Saturday, with some spots in the south touching or topping 70. Central and southern Minnesota could see 70 degrees or warmer Sunday afternoon: Monday is also…
by Ron Trenda

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Four warm days coming

Four warm days coming

Yesterday’s abundant sunshine was ahead of a series of dips and sways in the jet stream that will bring us increasingly changeable weather for the next several days. The overlying pattern, however, will treat us to very mild temperatures through Monday. Today There will be a bit of light rain near the Canadian border today.…
by Bill Endersen

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Warmer, but windy on Friday

Warmer, but windy on Friday

The official low temperature at Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport was 37 degrees this Thursday morning. It was cooler in parts of the Twin Cities metro area… Jordan reported 30 degrees, and readings of 32 degrees were logged in Cottage Grove and Eden Prairie. Here are some chilly Thursday morning low temps, courtesy of the Twin Cities…
by Ron Trenda

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Colder; freeze possible Thursday morning

Colder; freeze possible Thursday morning

We hit 72 degrees this Tuesday afternoon at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.  We’ve now seen highs in the 70s on 6 of the first 11 days this October. That’s impressive, since our average high temp this time of year is in the lower 60s! Cold front pushes through Northwestern Minnesota saw afternoon temps in the…
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A cold front is on its way

A cold front is on its way

This morning Early-morning temperatures were mild for this October date in much of Minnesota. And the showers that crossed southern Minnesota overnight have exited the southeastern corner of the state into Wisconsin. Cold front A serious cold front will separate northwestern Minnesota from the rest of the state today. High temperatures this afternoon will range…
by Bill Endersen

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