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Showers at times, cooler
Our gorgeous, sun-splashed Saturday resulted in a new record high of 70 degrees in the Twin Cities.  We also hit 70 last Tuesday, which is very impressive since 70 degrees is a typical high for the middle of May! Other record highs reported yesterday: 68 St. Cloud, 67 Eau Claire WI, 66 Fargo ND and 60 in Duluth and International Falls.…
Close to a record high today, showers Sunday
Too many times, we have a beautiful Friday followed by clouds and rain on Saturday. That is frustrating to people who cannot start their weekend early. That won’t happen this time! We’ll have sunshine and just patchy high clouds for much of our Saturday. Temperatures will soar into the 60s over much of Minnesota, with…
Near record warmth Saturday, some Sunday showers
It was a great day to be outdoors! St. Cloud set a new record high temperature today at 62 degrees. In the Twin Cities, we tied our record high when the temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport hit 66 degrees at 6 pm. Saturday will be another warm day over Minnesota and Wisconsin: Our record high on Saturday sits at 69 degrees,…
Near record warmth today and Saturday, showers Sunday
Spring Fever Alert If you leave work for your lunch break today, you’ll be tempted to take the rest of the day off.  After sampling the warm sunshine, I expect some people to start their weekend early! Our record high for today is 66 in the Twin Cities.  We could come close to breaking that…
Fabulous Friday, rain late Saturday and Sunday
It was a cloudy start to our Thursday, with some areas of dense fog in western Minnesota. It took several hours for the fog to burn off this morning: The afternoon sunshine was enjoyable, and highs were above normal. Friday afternoon getaway? Rumors of even warmer temperatures tomorrow are true!  Start working on a plausable excuse to…
Warming trend into the weekend
Areas of fog are being reported this morning, with visibilities below 1/4 mile in some spots over west-central and southwestern Minnesota. Northeastern Minnesota also has some fog this morning, and could see freezing drizzle and flurries at times: In the Twin Cities, we will have clouds and a few areas of fog this morning, with some breaks in…