Weather Blog for Duluth and the Northland

After a wet and chilly Wednesday, the Northland’s weather will improve a bit on Thursday, with some partial sunshine breaking through during the day. Temperatures will climb into the 60s—still below normal for mid-June, but warmer than Wednesday. Winds will shift to the northwest, with gusts between 15 and 25 mph.

…System impacting the area today…

A powerful low-pressure system, averaging 992mb or 29.29 inches, has been moving east-southeast through southern Minnesota today and is set to pass over southern Wisconsin this evening.

Today brought a steady, soaking rain to all of northwest Wisconsin and much of northeast and east-central Minnesota.

Well north of the low, our area is stuck in the cooler part of the system, with northeast to northerly winds and temps mainly in the 50s, dropping into the upper 40s closer to Lake Superior. Brisk northeast gusts up to 30 mph have kept wind chills in the mid-30s to low 40s near Lake Superior.

The steady rain we’ve had today is starting to ease into scattered showers late this afternoon, and that pattern will stick around into the evening, with most of the rain wrapping up by around midnight. Patchy fog is expected in parts of the Northland tonight.

Radar loop ends 5:50 PM Wednesday, June 17, 2026.

This is quite a weather system for late spring, moving across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes today.

Goes-19 water vapor loop ending 5:56 PM CT Wednesday, June 17, 2026.

In the warmer air of today’s system there’s a potential for severe thunderstorms producing tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail through the evening with a couple of tornado and severe thunderstorm watches in effect.

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…Rain chances return Friday…

A dry Thursday is expected in the Northland, but Friday will bring a northwest flow system that could result in scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, particularly in the afternoon and evening.