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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

MNZ041-172100-
Alexandria-Douglas MN
45.87N  95.38W Elev. 1424 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      82          59          76          54          78
Temp                      82 77 67 63 61 60 67 73 76 73 63 59 56 55 68 75 77 75
Dewpt                     60 63 64 62 60 59 58 56 56 55 56 54 53 52 53 52 53 54
RH                        47 62 90 97 97 96 73 55 50 53 78 83 90 90 59 45 43 48
Wind dir                  SW SW SW  W  N NE NE  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  S  W  W NW
Wind spd                  12 10  5  5  5  4  4  6 10  9  3  2  0  0  3  5  6  5
Clouds                    SC B2 SC B2 OV B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          40          30          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.07        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C        S  C
Tstms                      C  C        S  C


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    82      61    81      57    78      55    78
Temp          61 60 78 77   65 62 78 78   63 58 75 75   61 56 75 75
Dewpt         56 56 61 63   63 61 59 57   57 55 54 54   55 54 55 56
PWind dir         S    SW       W    NW       N     N       E    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      20    10       5     0       0     5
Rain shwrs           S  C    S
Tstms                   C    S

$$
MNZ049-172100-
St Cloud-Stearns MN
45.55N  94.07W Elev. 1027 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      85          61          78          53          80
Temp                      85 79 69 65 62 62 67 73 78 75 65 60 56 55 68 75 78 76
Dewpt                     60 62 65 64 62 61 62 59 60 58 57 55 52 52 54 53 54 55
RH                        43 56 87 97100 97 84 62 54 55 75 84 86 90 61 46 43 48
Wind dir                  SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N NW  N NW NW  N  N  E  W  W NW
Wind spd                  10  8  4  3  2  2  3  4  6  5  2  1  0  0  1  3  4  3
Wind gust                 20
Clouds                    SC B1 SC B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     30          40          30          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.05        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C     S  C        S
Tstms                      S  C  C     S  C        S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    83      61    82      58    78      55    78
Temp          62 59 78 78   66 62 79 79   65 58 75 75   61 56 74 76
Dewpt         56 55 62 65   64 62 63 62   59 56 57 57   57 54 57 58
PWind dir         S     S      SW    NW      NW     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      50    10      10     0       0     5
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C          S
Tstms                   C    C  S          S

$$
MNZ060-172100-
Minneapolis-Hennepin MN
44.88N  93.22W Elev. 840 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      85          66          80          60          80
Temp                      85 81 74 70 68 66 70 75 80 77 70 65 62 60 69 76 79 77
Dewpt                     59 60 62 64 65 64 64 63 62 61 58 57 56 55 55 53 54 54
RH                        41 49 66 81 90 93 81 66 54 58 66 75 81 84 61 45 42 45
Wind dir                   W SW SW SW  W NW  W NW NW NW  N NW  N  N NE NW  W  W
Wind spd                   9  9  8  6  4  2  3  4  6  6  3  2  0  0  2  4  4  4
Clouds                    SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          40          50          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.14        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  S     C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                            C  S     C  C  S  S  S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          62    83      65    83      63    78      61    78
Temp          67 63 79 78   69 66 79 79   69 64 75 76   66 61 75 76
Dewpt         57 58 63 64   66 64 65 63   61 59 59 58   58 57 57 58
PWind dir         S    SW      SW     W      NW     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      40    30      20     0       0     5
Rain shwrs              C    C  C  S  C    S
Tstms                   C    C  S     C    S

$$
MNZ073-172100-
Redwood Falls-Redwood MN
44.54N  95.11W Elev. 1020 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      83          62          78          56          78
Temp                      83 78 69 66 64 63 69 75 78 75 65 61 58 56 68 76 78 74
Dewpt                     62 64 66 65 63 62 65 65 64 63 62 59 56 55 60 60 60 61
RH                        49 62 90 97 97 97 87 71 62 66 90 93 93 96 76 58 54 64
Wind dir                  SW  S SW SW  W  W  N  N NW  N  N  N SW  N SE SE  W SW
Wind spd                   9  9  8  6  5  4  4  4  4  4  3  2  1  0  2  3  3  3
Clouds                    SC SC B1 SC B2 OV B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          50          40          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.16        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  S  C  C  S
Tstms                         C  C  S  C  C  S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    81      61    81      58    77      56    78
Temp          62 60 80 76   65 62 79 78   64 58 76 75   62 57 75 75
Dewpt         60 58 65 66   65 62 65 63   59 56 59 58   56 55 60 61
PWind dir         S     S      SW    NW      NW     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      40    20      20     0       5    10
Rain shwrs              S    C  S  S       S  S
Tstms                   S    C  S  S       S

$$
MNZ083-172100-
Mankato-Blue Earth MN
44.23N  93.92W Elev. 1020 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      84          65          79          58          79
Temp                      84 80 72 68 66 65 70 75 79 76 67 63 60 59 69 75 78 75
Dewpt                     60 62 64 65 64 64 66 66 65 65 63 60 58 57 60 59 59 61
RH                        44 54 76 90 93 97 87 74 62 69 87 90 93 93 73 58 52 62
Wind dir                  SW  S  S SW SW  W NW  N NW NW NW  N  N  N SE SE NW SW
Wind spd                   6  8  8  6  4  3  4  3  4  4  2  2  0  0  2  3  3  2
Clouds                    FW B1 B2 SC B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          40          40          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.27        0.08        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  S  S  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                         S  C  S  S  C  C  S  S  S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    82      63    82      60    78      58    79
Temp          63 61 78 77   66 63 79 79   66 61 76 76   63 58 76 76
Dewpt         59 59 64 66   65 63 66 65   61 58 59 59   57 56 59 61
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      30    30      20     0       5     5
Rain shwrs              S    C  C  C  S    S  S
Tstms                   S    S  C     S    S

$$
MNZ091-172100-
Fairmont-Martin MN
43.66N  94.42W Elev. 1161 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      81          64          77          58          77
Temp                      81 78 70 67 65 65 69 74 77 74 66 63 60 59 68 74 75 73
Dewpt                     62 65 64 64 63 63 67 67 67 67 64 61 59 57 63 61 62 63
RH                        53 64 81 90 93 93 93 79 71 79 93 93 96 93 84 64 64 71
Wind dir                  SW SW  S SW SW  W NW  N NW  N  N  N NW  N SE SE SW NW
Wind spd                   9  8  9 10  6  5  5  4  4  4  3  2  1  0  2  3  2  3
Clouds                    SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          50          50          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.46        0.19        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S
Tstms                         S  C  S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    78      62    80      59    76      56    75
Temp          63 60 76 75   66 63 77 77   65 59 74 74   62 57 73 73
Dewpt         60 58 65 67   65 62 67 67   60 57 60 61   57 55 61 63
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW     N      NW    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10    30      40    30      20     0       5    10
Rain shwrs              C    C  C  S  C    S
Tstms                   C    S  C  S  C    S

$$
MNZ093-172100-
Albert Lea-Freeborn MN
43.69N  93.37W Elev. 1257 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      80          64          76          58          76
Temp                      80 76 69 67 65 65 69 73 76 73 66 63 60 59 68 74 75 72
Dewpt                     62 65 64 64 64 64 68 68 68 67 65 62 59 58 61 60 60 62
RH                        54 69 84 90 97 97 97 84 76 81 97 97 96 96 78 62 60 71
Wind dir                  SW  S SW SW SW SW  W NW  W NW NW  N  N  N  E SE  W SE
Wind spd                   6  5  6  8  6  4  5  4  5  4  2  1  0  0  2  3  3  2
Clouds                    FW FW B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          40          50          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.12        0.11        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                            C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    78      61    79      59    76      56    75
Temp          62 61 76 73   65 62 76 76   65 60 74 73   62 58 73 72
Dewpt         59 59 65 67   65 62 68 67   62 59 61 61   58 57 61 62
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      30    30      20     0       5     5
Rain shwrs              S    C  C  C  C    S  S
Tstms                   S    C  C     C    S  S

$$
MNZ057-172100-
Willmar-Kandiyohi MN
45.11N  95.09W Elev. 1129 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      82          61          77          55          77
Temp                      82 76 68 65 62 62 68 74 77 74 65 61 58 56 68 74 77 73
Dewpt                     60 63 66 64 62 61 63 61 61 59 59 57 55 54 57 56 57 57
RH                        47 64 93 97100 97 84 64 58 59 81 87 90 93 68 53 50 57
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  W NW NW NE  N  N NW  N NE  N  N SE SW  W SW
Wind spd                  10  8  5  4  4  3  4  4  6  6  3  1  0  0  2  4  5  3
Clouds                    B1 B1 SC B1 OV OV B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          40          40          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.02        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S     C  C  S     S
Tstms                      C  C  S     C  C  S     S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    81      61    81      58    77      56    77
Temp          62 60 79 76   65 61 78 78   64 58 75 74   63 57 75 75
Dewpt         58 58 63 63   65 61 62 59   59 56 56 55   56 55 57 58
PWind dir         S     S      SW    NW       N     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      30    10       5     0       5    10
Rain shwrs              S    C  S
Tstms                   S    C  S

$$
WIZ015-172100-
Rice Lake-Barron WI
45.49N  91.74W Elev. 1145 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      82          60          77          51          77
Temp                      82 78 68 64 61 61 67 73 77 73 61 56 52 52 68 74 76 73
Dewpt                     54 58 60 61 61 61 62 58 56 56 55 52 50 50 51 47 47 52
RH                        38 50 76 90100100 84 59 48 55 81 86 93 93 54 38 36 48
Wind dir                   W SW SW SW  W SW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N
Wind spd                   6  5  4  3  2  1  3  4  6  4  2  0  0  0  1  4  4  1
Clouds                    FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          50          30          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C     S     S  S  S
Tstms                            C  C     S     S  S  S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          52    80      59    79      56    75      52    76
Temp          57 55 77 75   64 60 76 75   61 57 73 72   56 53 73 72
Dewpt         50 51 56 60   61 60 63 62   59 57 56 56   55 53 53 55
PWind dir        SE     S      SW     W      NW     N       N    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC B2 B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    30      70    30      20    20       0     0
Rain shwrs              C    L  C  S  C    S     S
Tstms                   S    C        S    S

$$
WIZ027-172100-
Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI
44.82N  91.49W Elev. 906 ft
156 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      84          64          80          55          80
Temp                      84 80 72 68 65 64 70 75 80 76 66 61 57 55 69 76 79 75
Dewpt                     57 58 60 63 63 63 66 64 62 60 59 56 54 53 55 51 50 52
RH                        40 47 66 84 93 97 87 69 54 58 78 84 90 93 61 42 36 45
Wind dir                   W SW SW SW  W SW  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   8  6  5  5  4  2  3  5  8  5  3  1  0  0  1  4  5  3
Clouds                    FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.15        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C     S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                               C     S  C  C  C  C


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          56    82      62    81      59    77      55    78
Temp          61 58 79 77   66 62 77 77   64 60 75 74   60 56 74 74
Dewpt         53 54 59 62   64 62 66 65   62 59 60 59   58 56 57 57
PWind dir         S    SW      SW     W      NW     N       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      70    40      20    20       0     0
Rain shwrs              S    L  C  C  C    S     S
Tstms                   S    C  C     S    S

$$