Day: September 8, 2026
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🌬️⛈️Cold Front Exits Tonight, Breezy Wednesday; Next Systems Arrive Friday and Early Next Week
A cold front is moving east across Minnesota this afternoon and is expected to clear the Northland by late tonight. Behind the front, a much drier airmass will return on Wednesday, with dew points dropping from the 60s and low 70s today to the 40s and 50s. Some instability has…
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Early Tuesday Rainfall Recap
East-central Minnesota, the Twin Ports, North Shore, and much of northwest Wisconsin experienced significant rainfall early Tuesday morning, with totals exceeding one inch reported from Brainerd to Aitkin to Palisade, decreasing to approximately half an inch in Duluth. In northwest Wisconsin, the highest precipitation was observed in the far western…
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Analyzing the 1997–98 Strong El Niño: A Winter Substantially Warmer Than 1982–83
This post will examine the strong El Niño winter of 1997-98, which was several degrees warmer in Duluth compared to the similarly strong El Niño of 1982-83, illustrating that each El Niño event can vary significantly. Let’s begin by reviewing the snowfall statistics for Duluth, Minnesota, during the winter of…