Climate Journal

August 2026

• St. Cloud August 2026 Weather Summary

  Drought of 2026

• State Fair Weather

July 2026

• St. Cloud July 2026 Weather Summary

• Intense Rains Near the Minnesota River, July 30-31

• 80-Degree Dew Point Temperatures in the Twin Cities

• Mid-July Record Smoke Outbreak

• Mid-July Heatwave

• July 6 Detroit Lakes Area Tornado

• July 4th Climatology

• Mega-Rain and Flash Flood, July 1-2

June 2026

• St. Cloud June 2026 Weather Summary

• Storms and Humid Heat, June 29

• History of 100 Degrees in the Twin Cities

• Large Hail and Severe Thunderstorms, June 19

• Steamy and Stormy Weather, June 10

May 2026

• St. Cloud May 2026 Weather Summary

• St. Cloud May 2026 Weather Summary

• Historical Memorial Weekend Weather

• Tornadoes, Storms, and Beneficial Rain, May 17-19

• Fiery Weather, May 15-16

• Fishing Opener Weather

• Lake Ice Out: 2026

• Spring Phenology

April 2026

• Soggy Last Week of April, 2026

• St. Cloud April 2026 Weather Summary

• Southeastern Minnesota Tornadoes, April 17

• Damaging Hail and First Tornadoes of the Year, April 13

• April Fools Double-Header Storms

March 2026

• St. Cloud March 2026 Weather Summary

• Minnesota Twins Home Opener Weather

• Spring Phenology

• Record Heat, March 21

• Intense Snow and Blizzard, March 14-15

• Extreme Winds and Winter Storm, March 12-13

February 2026

• St. Cloud February 2026 Weather Summary

• North Shore Blizzard and Extreme Snowfall, February 17-19, 2026

  Twin Cities Winter Misery Index

• In Memory of Dedicated Observers Martha and Luther Opjorden

January 2026

• St. Cloud January 2026 Weather Summary

• Below Zero Streaks

  Clipper Counter for the 2025-26 Winter

• Icy Rain, January 5-6

2025

December 2025

• St. Cloud December 2025 Weather Summary

• Blizzard, December 28-29

• Ground Blizzard, December 18

• Top Five Weather Events of 2025

• White Christmas

• Heavy Snow, Slush, and Wind, December 9-10, 2025

November 2025

• St. Cloud November 2025 Weather Summary

• Winter Storm and Blizzard of November 25-26, 2025

• Thanksgiving Climatology

• Record Warm November 14, 2025

• Armistice Day Storm of Nov 11, 1940

• Deer Opener Weather

October 2025

• Halloween Climatology

• St. Cloud October 2025 Weather Summary

• The Deadly and Destructive Winds of October 10, 1949

• Record-late Spell of Summer Days, September 25-October 5

• Hot October 4th

September 2025

• Rapid September Warming

• Another Warm September

• St. Cloud September 2025 Weather Summary

August 2025

• The Great Minnesota Smokeout of 2025

• St. Cloud August 2025 Weather Summary

• Another Prolonged Heavy Rain Event, August 14-18

• Long-Duration Smoke Outbreak, July 29-August 6

July 2025

• St. Cloud July 2025 Weather Summary

• Wind Damage and Flooding, July 28-29, 2025

• Severe Thunderstorms and Flooding, July 27-28, 2025

• Heavy Rain and High Humidity, July 21-24

• Another Smoke Outbreak, July 11-13

• July 4 Climatology

June 2025

• St. Cloud June 2025 Weather Summary

• La Crosse June 2025 Weather Summary

• More Tornadoes and Heavy Rain, June 28-29

• Heavy Rain and Tornadoes, June 25-26

• June 21-22 Heatwave

• Bemidji Blowdown, June 20-21

• Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms, June 16, 2025

• Smoke Outbreak (and Rain!)

May 2025

• St. Cloud May 2025 Weather Summary

• Soaking Rains (And Fire Weather), May 19-21

• Tornadoes and Severe Weather, May 15

• Hot and Fiery Weather, May 10-14

• 60th Anniversary of Worst Tornadoes in Twin Cities History

• Other Noteworthy Minnesota Tornado Outbreaks

April 2025

• St. Cloud April 2025 Weather Summary

• Minnesota Twins Home Opener Weather

• April 28 Tornadoes

• April Fools' Snow and Rain

March 2025

• St. Cloud March 2025 Weather Summary

• The Weekend of (Almost) Everything! (March 28-30 wild weather)

• Spring Phenology

• Intense Storms that Barely Hit Minnesota, March 2025

• March 14 Heat Wave

• Overnight Blizzard, March 4-5, 2025   (Summary from National Weather Service here)

• Lake Ice Out: 2025

February 2025

• St. Cloud February 2025 Weather Summary

• Frost Depth: Winter 24-25

• Twin Cities Snow and Cold Index

• February 8 Snowfall (NWS Summary)

• February 1-2 Snow in Northeast Minnesota

January 2025

• St. Cloud January 2025 Weather Summary

• January 28 and 30 Record Warmth

• January 17-21 Cold Outbreak

• Twin Cities at or Below Zero Streaks

• Twin Cities Winter Misery Index

• January 11-12 Snowfall

2024

December 2024

• St. Cloud December 2024 Weather Summary

• Top Five Weather Events for 2024

• "Super Clipper Jr.," December 19

• Icy Roads, December 14

November 2024

• Record-Warm Autumn 2024

October 2024

• St. Cloud October 2024 Weather Summary

• Halloween Snowfall and Soaker

• Extreme Autumn Warmth and Dryness

• October 29th Warmth

• Halloween Climatology

• The Dueling Dry Spells of 2024

September 2024

• St. Cloud September 2024 Weather Summary

• Mid-September Warm Spell

August 2024

• St. Cloud August and Summer 2024 Weather Summary

• August 26-27 Heat and Stormy Double-Header

• August 5 Tornadoes and Heavy Rain

• August 5 Southern MN Tornado Summary from the Chanhassen National Weather Service

• August 5 Southern MN Tornado Summary from the La Crosse National Weather Service

• August 3 Tornado Wind and Hail Event Summary from the Chanhassen National Weather Service

• 4th of July Weather

July 2024

• July 2024 Saint Cloud Weather Summary

• Severe Thunderstorms and Enormous Hail, July 31

• 4th of July Weather

June 2024

• Massively Wet June 2024

• June 2024 St. Cloud Summary

• An Extremely Wet June 15-22 in Minnesota

• Extreme Rainfall and Flooding in Southern Minnesota, June 20-22

• Extreme Rainfall in Northeastern Minnesota, June 18

• June 2-3 Heavy Rain

May 2024

• Wet & Warm Spring 2024 in Minnesota

• Historical Memorial Weekend Weather

• Severe Weather and Heavy Rain, May 20-21

• Fishing Opener Weather

April 2024

• Spring Phenology

March 2024

• Revenge of the Lost Winter! (March 23-27 Storm)

• Twin Cities Cold and Snow Index

• Central and Southern Minnesota Snow, March 21-22

• Tournament Snowstorm Lore

• Yet Another Heat Wave, March 1-3

February 2024

• Another Major Winter Heat Wave

• Valentine's Day Snow

• Record January Thaw Lasted into Mid-February!

• The Lost Winter of 2023-24

January 2024

• January Recap: Warm, Dry, Snowless, and Cloudy

• January Heat Wave

• January Thaw History

• January Hydroclim

• Extreme Southwest and Southeast MN Heavy Snow, January 7-9, 2024

2023

December 2023

• 2023 Climate Recap

• Top Five Weather Events of 2023

• The Soaking-Wet Holiday Heat Wave of 2023

• Warm and Snowless December

• White Christmas

November 2023

• Thanksgiving Day Climatology

• Warm (and Sometimes Windy) Mid-November

• Early November Hydroclim

• Deer Opener Weather

October 2023

• October 2023 St. Cloud Summary

• Snow and Tricky Travel,  October 30-31, 2023

• Halloween Climatology

• Hail, Rain, Wind, and Snow, October 23-28, 2023

• El Niño and Minnesota's Winter

• Another Much-Needed Soaking, October 12-14, 2023

• Historic Autumn Heat Wave

• Number of 90 F Days in the Twin Cities

September 2023

• September 2023 St. Cloud Summary

• Warm, Wet, and WEIRD September 2023

• Heavy Rains: September 23-25, 2023

• Extreme Labor Day Weekend Heat Wave

• Labor Day Climatology

• History of 100-Degree Days in the Twin Cities

August 2023

• State Fair Weather

• Intense Heat Wave, August 21-23, 2023

• Happy Hour Hail, August 11, 2023 ("Billion-dollar" weather disaster)

July 2023

• Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain, July 25-26, 2023

• Minnesota's Worst Heat Wave

• Severe Thunderstorms, July 13, 2023

• July 4th Climatology

June 2023

• Much-Needed Rain, June 23-25

• Extreme Dryness Since mid-May

• June 14 Smoke Event

May 2023

• Hot Days in May, and the Rest of Summer

• Historical Memorial Weekend Weather

• May 18 Wildfire Smoke Outbreak

• May 10-14 Heavy Rain and Flooding

• 2023 Fishing Opener

April 2023

• April 14-17 Spring Storm

• Mid-April Heat Wave

• April Fools' Day Thunder, Slush, and Damaging Snow

March 2023

• Signs of Spring: Phenology

• Snowy Winter 2022-23

• March 16-17 Winter Storm, 2023

• Super-Duper Clipper, March 11-12, 2023

• Sticky, Wet Snow, March 5-6, 2023

• Heavy Snow, Western and Northern MN, February 28 - March 1, 2023

February 2023

• Wet (and Snowy) Meteorological Winter

• Ice, Slush, and Heavy Rain, February 27, 2023

• Large and Highly Anticipated Winter Storm, February 21-23, 2023

• Valentine's Day Rain

January 2023

• January 2023 St. Cloud Summary

• Dr. King Visits the U of M St. Paul Campus: April 27, 1967

• The Twin Cities Snow and Cold Index

• "Big Mess" Snowstorm, January 2-5, 2023

• Top Snowfalls in the Twin Cities

2022

December 2022

• Top Five Weather Events for 2022

• Accumulating Snow and Arctic ground Blizzard, December 21-24, 2022

• Blizzard, Ice, Slush, and Rain, December 13-16, 2022

• Southern Minnesota Heavy Snow, December 9, 2022

• White Christmas

• Early December Hydroclim

November 2022

• November 29, 2022 Heavy Snow

• Thanksgiving Day Climatology

• Snowy Week, November 14-18, 2022

• Historic November 11 Storms

• Big November Storm, Nov 8-12, 2022

• November Heavy Precipitation Facts

• Record Warm November 2

• Weather of the Firearm Deer Hunting Opener

• Drought of 2022 (ongoing)

October 2022

• October St. Cloud Weather Summary

• Extremely Dry October

• Halloween Climatology

• Dirty Rain: October 24, 2022

• First Widespread Accumulating Snow of Season, October 14, 2022

September 2022

• Heat and Large Hail: September 20, 2022.

August 2022

• August 27, 2022 Tornadoes

• State Fair Weather

• (Mostly) Beneficial Rains for Southern Minnesota, August 6-8, 2022.

• Intense Heat and Humidity, August 2, 2022

July 2022

• Recalling the Twin Cities Superstorm of July 23-24, 1987

• Derecho of July 5, 2022

June 2022

• June 2022 Recap

• More Damaging Thunderstorms, June 24-25, 2022

• Hail and Heavy Rain, June 23-24, 2022

• Deadly Storms, June 20-21, 2022

• Record Heat, June 20, 2022

• Mysterious July 4th Snows of Minnesota

• Heat Burst in Tracy, MN: June 14, 2022

• A History of 100 Degrees in the Twin Cities

May 2022

• May-hem: Frequent Damaging Thunderstorms in May 2022

• Memorial Day 2022 Long-Track Tornadoes and Damaging Winds

• What do Hot Days in May Tell us about Summer?

• Historical Memorial Weekend Weather

• Southern Minnesota Hailstorms, May 19, 2022 ("Billion-dollar" weather disaster)

• Northland Severe Weather, May 18, 2022

• Wet Conditions and Flooding, 2022

• Extreme Thunderstorms, May 12, 2022 ("Billion-dollar" weather disaster)

• 2022 Fishing Opener Weather

• Severe Storms and Heavy Rains, May 11, 2022

• Severe Thunderstorms, May 9, 2022 ("Billion-dollar" weather disaster)

• Lake Ice Out: 2022

April 2022

• Windy, Cold, Cloudy, Wet, and Snowy April 2022

• Gloomy April 2022

• Storms and flooding, April 22-24, 2022

• Another Mid-Week System: April 20, 2022

• Severe Storms, Snow, Rain, and Wind, April 12-14, 2022

• The Slush Storms Keep Coming! April 5-7, 2022

March 2022

• Signs of Spring: Phenology

• Another Wet, Slushy, and Icy Storm, March 29-30, 2022.

• Snowy, Slushy, and Wet Spring Storm: March 21-23, 2022

• Spring Storm with Unusual Snow Burst, March 5-6, 2022

• Early March Hydroclim

• Women in Charge: Harriet Grasse and the Weather Bureau

February 2022

• Yes, it was a gusty winter!

• Cold and Snowy Meteorological Winter

• Snowstorm, February 21-22, 2022

• February has Become Snowier in Recent Years

• Winter of Whiteouts in Northwestern MN

• Another Day, Another Clipper: February 10-11, 2022

• Red River Valley Blizzard, January 31 - Feb 1, 2022

• William Hallett Greene: The Country's First Black Meteorologist

• The Twin Cities Snow and Cold Index

January 2022

• 40th Anniversary of the January 1982 Snowstorms

• The January 14-15, 2022 Super Clipper Snowstorm

• January Thaws

2021

December 2021

• Top Five Weather Events for 2021

• Another Big December Winter Storm, December 26-27, 2021

• Historic Mid-December Severe Weather and Wind Event, December 15-16, 2021

• Heavy Snow in Southern Minnesota, December 10-11, 2021

• Major Winter Storm, December 4-6, 2021

• The Drought of 2021 (ongoing)

• Early December Hydroclim

November 2021

• Minnesota Deer Opener Weather

• Early November Hydroclim

October 2021

• 30th Anniversary of the Halloween Blizzard

• So Many October Tornadoes!

• More Tornadoes in Western Minnesota, October 13, 2021

• Boundary Waters Tornado, October 10, 2021

• Western Minnesota Tornadoes, October 9, 2021

• Early October Hydroclim

September 2021

• September 17 Tornadoes

• Minnesota's Micro-Season of Sensational Early-Fall Weather

• Early September Hydroclim

August 2021

• Summer of Smoke

• Warm August 2021

• Late August Wet Spell

• August 28 Severe Weather and Heavy Rain

• August 26-27 Heavy Rains

• State Fair Weather

• August 6-8 Heavy Rains

• Early August Hydroclim

July 2021

• July 2021 St. Cloud Summary

• Dry July 2021

• Northern Minnesota Severe Thunderstorms, July 26

• Beneficial Rain: July 6-7

• July 4th Climatology

• Early July Hydroclim

June 2021

• Warm & Dry June

• William Hallett Greene: The Country's First Black Meteorologist

• Hail and Heavy Rain in Southeast Minnesota: June 17, 2021

• June 2021 Heat Wave

• Early-Season Heat Waves

• Early June Hydroclim

May 2021

• Memorial Day Weekend Climatology

• Small Tornadoes and Heavy Rains, May 19-20, 2021

• 1991-2020 Twin Cities Normals

• Early May Hydroclim

April 2021

• 2021 Fishing Opener Weather

• 1991-2020 Normal Precipitation Map and Change from 1981-2010

• Wet Period, April 5-14, 2021

• Record Heat, April 5, 2021

• Early April Hydroclim

March 2021

• Hail and Heavy Snow, March 10-11, 2021

• Signs of Spring: Phenology

• The Twin Cities Snow and Cold Index

• Early March Hydroclim

February 2021

• Snow, February 28, 2021

• The February 2021 Cold Outbreak

• At or Below Zero Streaks in the Twin Cities

• The Twin Cities Snow and Cold Index

• Early February Hydroclim

January 2021

• January 2021 St. Cloud Summary

• Warm, Slightly Snowy First Half of Winter

• Slushy Snows, Jan 14-15, 2021

• Early January Hydroclim

2020

December 2020

• December 2020 St. Cloud Summary

• Lake Ice In: 2020

• Top Five Weather Events for 2020

• Statewide Blizzard, December 23, 2020

• Historical Chances of a White Christmas

November 2020

• November 2020 St. Cloud Summary

• Thanksgiving Day Climatology in the Twin Cities

• Winter Storm, November 10, 2020

• Weather of the Firearm Deer Hunting Opener

• Record November Warmth

• Historical Election Day Weather

October 2020

• Snowy and Cold October

• Halloween Climatology

• Winter Storm, October 22, 2020

• Record October Snowstorm, October 20, 2020

• Largest October Snowfalls

• Windy October 11-16, 2020

• Does a Snowy October Foretell a Long Winter?

September 2020

• Smoky Skies: September 13-15, 2020

August 2020

• Tornadoes, Wind Damage and Flooding: August 14, 2020

• Metro Area Hail Storms, August 9-10, 2020

July 2020

• July 25-26 "Mega-Rain" Event

• July 18, 2020 Severe Weather and Tornadoes

• July 11, 2020 Hailstorm

• Severe Thunderstorms and Deadly Tornado, July 8, 2020

• Minnesota's Worst Heat Wave, July 5-18, 1936

• July 4th Climatology

June 2020

• Central Minnesota Extreme Rains, June 29-30, 2020

• Intense Rains, June 28-29, 2020

• 10th Anniversary of Minnesota Largest Tornado Outbreak, June 17, 2010

• Tropical Depression Cristobal, June 9, 2020

• Heat and Storms (Again), June 8, 2020

• More Storms and Heat, June 7, 2020

• HydroClim Minnesota for Early June 2020

• Hot Weather, Severe Storms, June 2, 2020

May 2020

• HydroClim Minnesota for Early May 2020

• First Tornadoes of the Year: May 26, 2020

• Memorial Day Weather in Minnesota

• Southern Minnesota Soaker, May 16-17, 2020

• 2020 Fishing Opener Weather

April 2020

• HydroClim Minnesota for Early April 2020

• 200th Anniversary of First Tornado in Minnesota: April 19, 1820

• Heavy Snow, April 12, 2020

• Snow and Ice, April 1-3, 2020

March 2020

• Spring Storm, March 28-29, 2020

• Lake Ice Out: 2020

• Signs of Spring: Phenology

• HydroClim Minnesota for Early March 2020

February 2020

• Snowstorm, February 9, 2020

• HydroClim Minnesota for Early February 2020

January 2020

• Gloomy January 2020

• January 17-18 Blizzard

• The Twin Cities Snow and Cold Index

• HydroClim Minnesota for Early January 2020