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Minneapolis has achieved our 9th 90 of the year today. 

1 hour ago, frostfern said:

Looks like the next rain will be a MSP special.  Another “bad timing” hop scotch event for me most likely.

I sure hope so. Sitting at 0.26” of precipitation since May 15th. 

2 hours ago, SolidIcewx said:

Are you an arborist?

Nope, just an all out nerd on anything earth science/natural world based. I was living in Illinois when the EAB decimated the ash population, and did extensive research on the subject since my childhood backyard was nothing but ash trees. I’ve watched the cycle begin to repeat itself up here in MN the past several years. 

5 hours ago, Brian D said:

My neighbors ash tree looks the best it has in quite some time. Thick with new growth.

Hopefully it’s not lots of lower trunk growth, that could be a sign of emerald ash borer infection. 
 

91 here this afternoon. 8th 90 of the year. 

32 minutes ago, hardypalmguy said:

damn that's dirty snow

Dust storms from the SW. The melt in Colorado was accelerated this year due to dust accretion on the snow. 

Over the weekend I was in Utah visiting family and got the chance to ski on the final day of the season at Snowbird. Pretty awesome conditions for mid June. 

3 hours ago, SolidIcewx said:

Drink that water friend

Pounding ice cold ones all day. Up to 91 for the high. Low 50 dews help a lot too. 

88 in Minneapolis at 1pm. We should make a push for our 7th 90 degree day of the year. 

11 hours ago, bowtie` said:

After all that snow did you ever imagine you would be hoping for more precipitation so soon?

I thought we were heading for a very wet summer especially after 21’ and 22’ were so dry. 2023 said hold my beer. 

Another weekend of 0.01” of precipitation in Minneapolis. 

We are putting 1988 to shame. 
 

Setting the wrong records this summer. Next up, driest June on record. June 1988 had a paltry 0.22” of precipitation, we are at 0.09” as of 6/15.

AQI up to 243 locally. I’ve never seen it above 180 until today. Scary stuff 

Getting seriously worried about mature trees if that pans out. 3 summers in a row of this can’t be good at all. 

2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Webcams revealing some of the filthy air over the Twin Cities today:

It’s as bad as I’ve ever experienced today. Very strong smell of smoke and I’ve got a slight headache from working outside in this. 
 

Currently 84 with 3 miles visibility due to smoke/haze.

Dense smoke this morning. Pretty strong stench outside. Should keep us from achieving 90 today. 

0.26” of precipitation in Minneapolis since May 15th. 
May precipitation was only 30% of average.

Things are getting bad quickly here. 

High of 88 in Minneapolis today, the only saving grace was the mid 40s dews.
 

Roadside grass has that autumn golden hue to it. 

6 hours ago, frostfern said:

Don't know if it ever will.  Looking like a "cool drought".  About the most uninteresting shit you can imagine.

Maybe for you guys further east but we are roasting west of the 90th meridian. 

Can we just nudge these cutoffs lows a bit to the west. Sitting at 82 and bone dry again this afternoon. Less then 0.10” month to date and 85-90 is a lock for the next week. 

Pretty close to a whiff on the rains here with todays cold front. Only 0.05” fell. Up to 0.08” month to date.

A nice line of showers got its act together across the south metro….go figure.  

3 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Looks like MSP is off to an absolutely scorching start to summer. Second warmest on record for first eight days of June, and would have been first if it occurred during or before 2020. Third warmest when measured by mean maximum to minimize impacts of growing UHI.

Wouldn't have expected this with the northerly flow and wildfire smoke limiting insolation.

 

It’s been unpleasant working outside. Luckily so far we haven’t had the extreme 70+ dews like last summer. I’m already over this crap, and ready for coastal ridges and central CONUS troughs. 

Dropped down to 61 last night. I love these low dews. We’ve only picked up 0.03” of rain in June. It’s getting crispy out here. 

2 hours ago, Brian D said:

My highs for the day, and my furnace still kicks in. Take a trip my way soon, and you'll be in heaven.  

Might head up to either Gooseberry or Split Rock this weekend. Dews have finally dropped into the mid 50s here which is a big relief. 

Overnight low of 66, which is the coldest it’s gotten in June here. No open windows in our household.