by Paul Douglas | Aug 31, 2018 | Weather
Minnesota’s Incredible, Super-Sized Summers The earliest snowfall on record for Minnesota took place on August 31, 1949. A trace of snow was recorded at the new Duluth airport. It was just “flurries”, but on the last day of August? No hearty smacks...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 30, 2018 | Weather
Longest Stretch of 70F Highs on Record for MSP Most crops are ahead of schedule, thanks to the second warmest growing season on record -second only to 1988. The local National Weather Service office in Chanhassen reports 107 consecutive days with an MSP metro high of...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 29, 2018 | Weather
What a Strange Summer It’s Been in Minnesota It’s been an oddly disconcerting summer across the great state of Minnesota. Mercifully few violent tornadoes to report on. Instead, meteorologists have been tracking smoke plumes and air pollution, with...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 28, 2018 | Weather
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – And Lungs One of many benefits living in Minnesota: clean air. There are few polluting, heavy industries upwind. But a recent story at Star Tribune caught my eye. There have been 9 air pollution alerts this summer in Minnesota; 7 just...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 25, 2018 | Weather
Weather Modification is Still Junk Science It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature. For centuries man has tried to modify the weather, with lousy results. Cannons were fired into storms to try and create a shock wave capable of reducing hail. There’s no...
