September in July
Our high temperature in the Twin Cities has reached 90 degrees or warmer on 11 days so far this year. Our long-term average is 11 days per year of 90 or warmer, but we're likely to add to our total during August.
We won't see 90 today!
A cool high pressure system is spreading across Minnesota today, and it will linger into Friday:
The southern half of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, and western Wisconsin could see occasional spotty showers today.
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Highs in the 70s will be common today:
Our average high on September 8th is 75 degrees, so it's not your imagination if it feels like September today.
Friday highs will also be in the 70s:
Temps rebound a bit over central and southern Minnesota on Saturday:
Dew points aren't expected to climb back to the sticky upper 60s until Sunday afternoon.
Drought eases
Recent rains have eased the drought conditions over west-central Minnesota. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows a small area of abnormally dry conditions in west-central Minnesota, but no areas of drought:
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicates 1.31% of Minnesota is abnormally dry right now, compared to 19.93% one year ago.
The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report can always be found here.