Million dollar rain; milder again late week
Can we get a million dollar rain in May? I think we just did.
Much of droughty Minnesota got a good deep soaking rain in the past 24 hours. Rainfall totals near 1 inch were common, and several locations reported 2 inches in western Minnesota near the epicenter of drought.
Here's the radar loop as waves of rain moved over Minnesota Sunday and Sunday night.
This was a good steady soaking rain in most areas. Rainfall totals are impressive.
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MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLE FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
745 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
Values represent highs yesterday...Lows over the last 12 hours
and precipitation over the last 24 hours
DLH : Duluth : 42 / 36 / 1.22/ 0.0/ 0
INL : International Falls : 48 / 37 / 0.41/ 0.0/ 0
MSP : Minneapolis MN : 60 / 53 / 0.76/ 0.0/ 0
RST : Rochester MN : 62 / 53 / 0.31/ 0.0/ 0
STC : St Cloud MN : 49 / 40 / 0.72/ 0.0/ 0
AXN : Alexandria MN : 49 / 39 / 1.11/
GNA : Grand Marais : 46 / 40 / 0.97/
HIB : Hibbing : 54 / 37 / 0.85/
RWF : Redwood Falls MN : 57 / 45 / 0.69/
Black Hills snow
South Dakota picked up 1 to 3 inches of liquid precipitation over the weekend. Most of that was snow in the Black Hills.
The storm dumped 10 to 20 inches as expected this weekend. The 13.6 inches in Rapid City makes this the second biggest May snow on record.
Tornado outbreak
Last week was active in Tornado Alley. Over 100 tornado reports came in from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas all the way to Iowa and South Dakota. Tornado numbers this year took a big jump in the last week.
1965 Twin Cities tornado outbreak event tonight
Speaking of tornadoes, I'll be hosting an event tonight sharing stories of the 1965 Twin Cities tornado outbreak by the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society at the Old Log Theater. Several survivors of the tornadoes will speak, and we'll listen to radio broadcasts from the day in 1965. It's a free event open to the public.
I hope you can join us!
Cool side of May
Minnesota rides the back side of the low pressure system responsible for all the weather mayhem the next 24 hours. The system pulls out Wednesday before the next low pressure wave approaches Thursday.
Here's the breakdown this week. Milder spring days return by Friday.
