Category: Record warmth
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Birch Bay Fire Update and Upcoming Weather Trends
Rain chances will remain highest west of the Northland tonight and throughout most of Wednesday. By Wednesday night, the western parts of the region might get some showers or a few thunderstorms. However, any rain making its way toward northeast Minnesota and the Twin Ports by early Thursday morning will…
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May 29 Temperatures Soar
Much of the Northland experienced a hot late spring day, with temperatures climbing well into the 80s and even reaching the lower 90s in some areas this afternoon. Even though it was a warm day, only Hibbing tied their daily record high for May 29th with a temperature of 88…
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Northern Plains Heat Dome: Ridge Keeps Most of the Northland Warm and Mostly Dry
The weather pattern remains highly amplified and isn’t expected to change through at least this weekend. The Northland will stay under an upper-level ridge, keeping conditions dry, though a backdoor cold front moving south and west could trigger a few isolated showers or thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening, mainly along…
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Late‑night mix tonight; snow chances Friday and an active pattern next week
Confidence is fairly low about how things will unfold late tonight into Thursday morning, but there’s a chance we could see some rain and a wintry mix in parts of northeast and east-central Minnesota, stretching into northwest Wisconsin. This would happen as a frontal boundary slowly drifts south, with warm…
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Warmth fades Sunday as cooler air returns; light snow can’t be ruled out
Widespread heat lingered today, stretching from the southwest U.S. through the central Rockies and spilling north and east into the Plains. Temperatures hit the 70s, 80s, and 90s across these regions, with the southwest seeing highs in the 100s. Grand Island, Nebraska hit a scorching 98 degrees today, a whopping…
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Record High Temperatures in the Northland: February 15, 2026
After falling just short of tying or breaking record highs the past two days in Duluth, that changed today, as the temperature reached 46 degrees, matching the record high for February 15th set back in 1931. High temperatures for February 15, 2026, along with the records and deviations for that…
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Potential Midweek Winter Storm for the Northland
The main story is still the potential winter storm expected to roll in around midweek, but it’s worth noting today’s record-breaking warmth in the Northland. Ashland, Brainerd and Hibbing all set new daily high temperature records for February 14th, with more details on that coming later in this post. Here’s…