Tag: midwest
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2025-2026 Midwest Snowfall Totals Update
Snowfall totals for the 2025-2026 season as of October 1. Marquette, MITotal: 53.0 inchesDeparture: +14.9 inches above normal Sault Ste Marie, MITotal: 22.7 inchesDeparture: -1.4 inches below normal Duluth, MNTotal: 17.8 inchesDeparture: -3.2 inches below normal Chicago, ILTotal: 17.1 inchesDeparture: +13.6 inches above normal Sioux Falls, SDTotal: 14.3 inchesDeparture: +4.8…
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Cold conditions with minimal snowfall are expected in the Northland, while a significant winter storm is forecast to impact parts of the Midwest and Ohio Valley this weekend.
5:07 PM Thursday, January 2, 2025 Cold and generally quiet conditions are expected in the Northland, with all the major winter systems passing well south of our area through early next week. Today, a small wave tracked across parts of Iowa and Illinois, bringing some snow with about 1 to…
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Dry pattern through this weekend with more wildfire smoke tonight and Friday; Heat wave stays south of the Northland next week with cooler temps in our area, especially near Lake Superior
4:21 PM Thursday, August 17, 2023 A one-day warm wave ahead in Duluth and this occurs on Saturday with temperatures possibly climbing into the upper 80s, otherwise we’re looking at highs which will mostly be in the 70s to around 80 for the next 10 days while a northeast wind…
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Mild fall afternoons through much of next week; A few showers tonight, otherwise mainly dry through the middle of next week; Drought Update
4:33 PM Thursday, October 27, 2022 Just when it looked like we were about to get into a cooler/stormier and possibly snowier weather pattern in the Northland later next week, things changed considerably in model guidance last night and that trend has continued into today, so the prospects of getting…
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Some rain at times especially across southern parts of the Northland late tonight-Friday night; Drought Update
5:51 PM Thursday, August 11, 2022 Will be seeing quite a range in temperatures on Friday with highs in the 90s in southwest Minnesota, 100s in southeast South Dakota, to the 70s in far northern Minnesota, while a pocket of rain cooled air (highs 60s to lower 70s) stretches from…
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Scattered showers continue this evening; Dry Friday-Saturday; Warmer temperatures the next few days
5:39 PM Thursday, July 28, 2022 The water temperature of Lake Superior continues to run well below normal here in late July. Typically, by this time of year the average water temperature of Lake Superior is between 56-58 degrees, but this year we still have an average water temperature of…
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Scattered showers/t-storms Wednesday afternoon; More rain chances Thursday-early Friday
5:47 PM Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Two systems will be affecting the upper Midwest over the next few days. The first system digs ESE out of southern Manitoba and passes through the upper Midwest on Wednesday, this will be followed by a stronger system which digs even farther SE as…