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...
by D.J. Kayser | Jun 5, 2021 | Weather
Record-Breaking Friday It was a hot one on Friday across the state, with essentially every climate location breaking its record for the day. The high in the Twin Cities made it up to 97F, but it reached 100F in both Park Rapids and Brainerd. The high of 98F in...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 4, 2021 | Weather
The First Heat Wave of Summer is Here Men will sweat. Women will glow. Dogs will pant. Cats won’t care. An antiperspirant airmass pushes into Minnesota on a gusty, blast-furnace breeze, pushing the mercury into the mid to upper 90s the next few days. That’s 120-140...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 3, 2021 | Weather
”It’s not the heat, it’s the humility.” Close enough for a meteorologist. On Twitter Thomas Braun reminded me that we are the Florida of Canada. Good point. I’ve often wondered if Canadians complain about “hot, American air” this time of year? A notable heat spike is...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 2, 2021 | Weather
A July-Like Hot Front Is Shaping Up I don’t mind the heat at all. Then again, I can go indoors and fall asleep in air conditioned comfort – or go jump in a lake, as I’m encouraged to do frequently. Where can I enjoy the most extreme heat on Planet Earth? I sell...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 1, 2021 | Weather
Let The Hot Weather Olympics Commence! As holidays go this was a good one for meteorologists: two out of three days featured “thumbs-up weather”. I’m happy when people use their thumbs. No sad scowls from soggy toddlers or shunned indifference from weather-weary...
by D.J. Kayser | May 31, 2021 | Weather
National Weather Forecast For Memorial Day Monday, we’ll be watching a system in the southern United States bringing the chance of showers and thunderstorms from the Four Corners region through the southern and central Plains, along with some snow mixed in for the...
by Paul Douglas | May 28, 2021 | Weather
Perfectly Decent Holiday Weekend Weather Yesterday was a lousy day for a picnic. The burgers were soggy and I nearly drowned while applying sunscreen. Had temperatures been 5-8F colder, had the storm struck in late April, Minnesota would be digging out from a foot of...
