Cold temperatures offset by sunshine; 40s in our future
I searched around for the coldest temperatures in our neck of the woods this morning and came up a couple of zeros. Fosston, Minn., and Pipestone, Minn., both checked in with an overnight low of 0 degrees.
Close to the Twin Cities metro area, readings were in the single digits, which extended to the Iowa border. The morning low was 6 degrees at St. Cloud.
Spencer, Iowa, dipped to a nippy 1 below shortly after daybreak, which tied for the low in the continental U.S. with Aberdeen, S.D.
The months of November and December are noted for having the least amout of sunshine in Minnesota. There are about five days of full sunshine in November. Today was one of our sunny days.
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The sunshine may have eaten away at some of the snow cover this afternoon but a couple inches still remain on the ground in far northern Minnesota.
Temperatures for November have been running near or slightly below normal. We'll likely see afternoon highs that nudge above normal the remainder of the week.
Highs on Wednesday climb above 40 degrees in most places. The 30-year normal for a maximum temperature in Minneapolis-St. Paul for Nov. 13 is 43 degrees. By the end of the month the normal high drops to only 33 degrees.
Nationally, the weather map shows temperatures that will favor some outdoor chores on Saturday. Tardy on your autumn clean-up? You may wish to wrap things up soon.
