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Surged up to 53 and crashed down to 39 barely an hour later and dropping. Went from working in a t shirt to wind chills rather quickly. 
 

cool stuff

1 hour ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Minneapolis has now set two outright monthly record high temperatures in the last 5 months (with records dating to 1872) - 92 in October, and 65 in February. Additionally, only one year exceeded the 98F reading from September (1931 - 104, on 9/10; and 99, on 9/8), and the 55F reading in January has been exceeded only twice (1/25/1944 - 58F; and 1/24/1981 - 57F). Honorable mention to August - the 98F reading has only been exceeded in 9 years (5 of them by just one degree).

Temps are over preforming again today. Full sun and already 50F here. Just stat padding the record # of 50+ temps this winter. 
 

Payback from last winter. 

Looks like we officially made it to 64 in Minneapolis 

55 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

MSP up to 63F. All-time monthly high of 64F from 1896 in jeopardy. All-time seasonal high of 68F from December 1998 appears to be safe.

We hit 64 at one of the 5min obs, before some high clouds moved in. We’ll see this evening if it’s the official high. Warmest winter on record in the bag.

The record warmth this winter is one thing, it happens every 150 years or so around these parts. The zzzzzz pattern we’ve been in since Christmas with nothing to track is wearing on me though. 

34 and a snow shower moving through. Deck and remaining snow is dusted.

If one image could tell the whole story…

Very dry on the long range in MN. This is going to be an early and odd spring. 

Snow depth down to 2” at 6am. It will likely be a T at tomorrows observation with the forecast high of 44 today. 
 

Recorded a high of 14 yesterday, below guidance for a change. Overnight we’ve fallen to 8 so far, which is one of the colder low temps in this “winter”

1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:

high 96 days (2013-14)

Is this cumulative days of 1” depth in a season or consecutive streak? If it’s the former I’m surprised it’s not over 100. 

Low of 10 overnight. One more day of deep winter until we thaw again. Very well could be our coldest morning for the rest of winter looking at the extended. 

Measured 5.8” this morning on the deck. Surprised at how light and powdery this is, even at the bottom. Very easy to shovel. 

MSP official storm total of 6.9” on 0.41” of precipitation. This sets a new snowfall record for Valentine’s Day in Minneapolis. 
 

Snowfall futility is now off the table as our season total jumps up to 14.2”  which is the record low from winter 1930/31.

The wet nature of the snow at onset will make for some great scenes when the sun rises. 

Snow will be winding down over the next hour. Walked the dog half an hour ago and there was ~5” otg.
 

This is one of the better sneak attacks I can remember, thanks for the v-day gift Mother Nature. 

1 minute ago, mnchaserguy said:

Watching our radar tonight has been fun. Lots of banding and random forcing going on. One final big band developing right over the heart of the metro.


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It’s like a firehose blasting the metro right now. 

Rippin’ fatties right now. This is our moment Minneapolis. 

Over-performer underway, especially in the northern suburban counties which were upgraded to a WSW. Persistent heavy snow dropped 4”+ north of town by 7pm. Eyeballing close to 2” imby, hopefully will tack on a couple more inches. 

My grass is completely covered for the first time since Halloween. 

11 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

If winter means that much to someone, as clearly it does, why not move?

I had job offers in Chicago and Minneapolis. Cost of living is cheaper here, but the winters and accessibility to the outdoors is what drew me in. 

Ground is white. Didn’t take as long to start sticking as I thought it would. 

The last few sentences of the MPX forecast discussion. Pretty impressive to knock off a record this old and historic.
 

“We don`t want to count the chickens before the eggs hatch, but it`s looking increasingly likely that this winter will knock the winter of 1877-1878 from the top spot of warmest winters on record in the Twin Cities. A crown that winter has worn for 146 years...”

Snow underway here. The hi-res models depicted an hour of rain at onset, but it was mostly frozen from the get go. Ground is wet, deck is white. NWS says 3-5” game on. 

February 14, 2024 - The first winter weather advisory of the season imby. Incredible “winter”

NAM showing 2-4” imby tomorrow. My heart says yes, but my mind knows it’s likely just foolish NAM games.