Minnesota 2010: Epic Weather Year
I am headed off to (mostly) sunny Arizona for the holidays this year to thaw out for a while. I wanted to take a quick moment to thank you for your support of MPR Weather on MPR News stations (KNOW 91.1FM in the metro) and the Updraft blog. I also wish you and your family all the happiest this holiday season, and all the best in 2011.
I'm looking forward to talking more weather with you in the New Year. If the weather in 2011 is anything close to 2010, it will be another amazing year!
Here's a quick look back (with links) at some of the incredible Minnesota weather events of 2010.
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Crow River surges in Delano
-First snowless March on record
-Second warmest metro spring on record
-Target Field weather & microclimate debuts in 2010
Target Field debuts in 2010.
-Record tornado outbreak: June 17th (final NWS tally here)
Tornado near Wadena
-Frequent severe weather outbreaks June 17th to July 17th
-Record Minnesota tornado year: 2010
-Minnesota leads the nation in tornadoes for the first time on record
-8 of 12 months warmer than average
-8th longest dry spell on record
-"Landicane" 2010: Record low barometric pressure
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-3rd longest November warm spell
-"Domebuster 2010": 5th biggest Metro snowstorm on record
-Snowiest metro start to winter season in 19 years
Other than that...it was a pretty quiet weather year!
See you on January 3rd, 2011!
PH