Area Weather: It's been a week to remember: Snow, record-lows around the region
It has been a week to remember across the region. Snow moved in last Friday night into Saturday and again on Monday. We also had record low temperatures Tuesday morning for many locations.
Morris dropped to 19 degrees. That beat the old record of 26 degrees set back in 1998. Northern Minnesota still had some record lows on Wednesday morning. Temperatures for most of the week were 15 to 20 degrees cooler than normal.
WEATHER HISTORY
1952 record low temperatures were reported all across central Minnesota with lows from 10 to 15 degrees, including a low of 10 degrees at St. Cloud, 12 degrees at Glenwood, and 14 degrees at Alexandria, Litchfield, and Mora.
WEATHER FACT
On average, more than 100 snow-producing storms hit the continental United States every year!
MINNESOTA
AT A GLANCE
Moorhead...Low 33... High 47
Duluth...Low 32... High 46
Morris...Low 34...High 46
Twin Cities...Low 36...High 50
Rochester...Low 34...High 50
TODAY (Saturday)
Becoming partly cloudy with a chance of light snow in the morning. High 46 Low 34 Winds: SW at 5 -15 mph, Precip Trace-.05"
Today's sunrise: 7:38 am Today's sunset: 6:37 p.m.
Normal High: 55 Normal Low: 36
High pressure will move back into the area for the weekend!
OUTLOOK
Sunday-Partly cloudy, breezy and warmer. High 56 Low 39 Winds: SW at 15-25 mph, Precip: None
Monday-Mix of clouds and sun with a chance of rain. High 56 Low 39, Winds: S 5-10 Prec. Trace-.10"
Tuesday-Variable cloudiness with a chance of rain. High 55 Low 37 Winds: NE 10-15 mph Prec. Trace-.10"
Wednesday-Mix of clouds and some sun, chance of showers. High 53 Low 38 Winds: NE 10-15 mph Prec. Trace-.10"