by Paul Douglas | Jun 11, 2021 | Weather
Most 95 Degree Days So Early in Season I’m happiest when Mother Nature isn’t trying to murder me. This is the atmosphere’s attempt at balance: extreme school-closing cold can, in fact, be followed by extreme school-closing heat. Welcome to the most 95-degree days ever...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 9, 2021 | Weather
Research: Warm Nighttime Temperatures Pose Greatest Risk It’s not as viscerally terrifying as a tornado, hurricane or flood, but excessive heat is a bigger killer than all three. In the last 6 decades the number of annual heat waves in 50 US cities has, on average,...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 8, 2021 | Weather
Welcome to the Dog Days of June ”It’s so hot your clothes iron themselves.” “Wait, it’s so hot they installed a fan in the debt ceiling!” True story. From a Polar Vortex in February to the Vegas Vortex in June, all signs point to an unusually hot and dry summer. This...
by D.J. Kayser | Jun 7, 2021 | Weather
Twin Cities Long Heat Waves On/Before June 15th Are Not Common This stretch of early-season heat will go down in the record book for more than just the record highs that have been set. The Minnesota State Climatology Department complied some early-season (occurring on...
by D.J. Kayser | Jun 6, 2021 | Weather
Saturday Was A Record-Breaking Day While many thermometers – including the Blaine airport – saw highs at or above 100F on Saturday, MSP airport missed it by *holds fingers close together* that much. The high at MSP topped off at 99F, setting a new record...
