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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

MNZ041-192100-
Alexandria-Douglas MN
45.87N  95.38W Elev. 1424 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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                      79          60          82          59          82
Temp             54 68 74 77 76 66 63 62 61 70 77 81 78 68 64 61 59 70 79 81 79
Dewpt            47 48 50 52 55 57 57 58 59 63 63 61 62 63 62 61 59 61 58 58 59
RH               77 49 43 42 48 73 81 87 93 78 62 51 58 84 93100100 73 49 46 50
Wind dir          S  S  W  W NW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          1  3  5  6  5  4  5  6  8 11 12 13 11  8  4  4  4  6 10 11  9
Clouds           SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.11           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  S
Tstms                                     C  S  C  S


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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    78      55    79      59    82      62    83
Temp          64 59 75 75   61 56 75 76   63 59 78 80   67 63 80 79
Dewpt         59 57 53 53   54 53 53 55   56 57 60 62   62 61 63 63
PWind dir         N     N      NE    SE      SE    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         10     0       0     5      10    10      10     5

$$
MNZ049-192100-
St Cloud-Stearns MN
45.55N  94.07W Elev. 1027 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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          59          83          60          83
Temp             53 68 75 78 78 68 64 61 60 70 76 80 78 70 66 62 60 69 78 82 80
Dewpt            48 50 50 52 56 57 57 56 58 63 66 66 67 66 64 61 60 63 62 61 62
RH               83 52 41 40 47 68 78 84 93 78 71 62 69 87 93 97100 81 58 49 54
Wind dir          N  S  W  W  W  S  S  S  S SW  S SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          0  1  3  5  3  1  2  2  2  5  9  9  6  4  2  3  2  4  6  8  6
Wind gust                                         19
Clouds           SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          40          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                        S  C  C  S


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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    80      55    80      58    84      63    85
Temp          66 59 76 77   62 56 75 77   64 58 78 81   68 63 81 81
Dewpt         61 58 56 55   56 53 55 56   56 56 61 63   63 61 64 65
PWind dir        NW     N       N     E      SE     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10     0       0     5      10    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                                       S       S  S
Tstms                                                    S  S

$$
MNZ060-192100-
Minneapolis-Hennepin MN
44.88N  93.22W Elev. 840 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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          63          82          64          82
Temp             60 70 76 79 78 71 67 65 63 72 79 81 77 72 69 66 64 70 78 82 80
Dewpt            52 51 50 51 54 56 57 58 59 63 65 66 68 67 66 65 63 64 64 63 63
RH               75 51 40 38 43 59 70 78 87 73 62 60 74 84 90 97 97 81 62 53 56
Wind dir          N SE NW NW  W SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          0  1  3  4  4  3  3  3  4  8 10 11  9  6  4  5  4  5  8  8  5
Clouds           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          50           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C
Tstms                                                 C


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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          64    80      60    79      61    83      66    84
Temp          69 64 77 78   66 61 76 77   66 62 78 80   70 66 81 81
Dewpt         63 60 58 57   56 56 56 57   58 57 61 63   64 63 65 66
PWind dir        NW     N       N     E      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10     0       0     0      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S
Tstms                                                    S

$$
MNZ073-192100-
Redwood Falls-Redwood MN
44.54N  95.11W Elev. 1020 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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                      79          60          83          61          82
Temp             56 68 76 79 77 66 62 61 60 73 81 83 80 70 66 62 61 72 80 82 80
Dewpt            50 54 56 58 61 62 61 61 60 65 66 66 66 65 63 62 61 64 62 61 62
RH               80 61 50 49 58 87 97100100 76 60 57 62 84 90100100 76 54 49 54
Wind dir         SE SE  S  W  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          1  3  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  9 11 12  9  8  5  5  4  5  8  8  6
Clouds           B1 B2 SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 FW CL FW SC FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.16           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         C  C  C
Tstms                                              C  S


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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          60    80      56    79      59    82      63    83
Temp          65 60 77 77   61 57 76 77   63 60 79 80   67 63 81 81
Dewpt         61 59 57 54   54 53 56 58   59 58 63 65   64 62 65 66
PWind dir        NW     N      NE    SE      SE     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10     0       0     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S  S
Tstms                                                    S  S

$$
MNZ083-192100-
Mankato-Blue Earth MN
44.23N  93.92W Elev. 1020 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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          60          84          63          83
Temp             58 70 76 79 78 67 64 62 60 72 80 83 78 71 68 65 63 72 79 83 80
Dewpt            52 55 55 57 61 60 60 59 59 64 65 66 68 67 65 63 62 65 64 63 64
RH               80 59 48 47 56 78 87 90 96 76 60 57 71 87 90 93 97 79 60 51 58
Wind dir          E SE  E NW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          1  2  2  3  2  3  4  4  5  8 11 12  9  8  5  4  4  5  8  8  4
Clouds           B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW CL FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          40           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C
Tstms                                              S  S  S


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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    81      58    80      60    83      64    84
Temp          67 62 77 78   63 59 76 77   64 60 78 79   68 64 80 81
Dewpt         62 60 58 57   55 54 57 59   59 58 62 65   65 62 66 67
PWind dir        NW    NW      NE    SE      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10     0       0     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S  S
Tstms                                                    S  S

$$
MNZ091-192100-
Fairmont-Martin MN
43.66N  94.42W Elev. 1161 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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                      78          59          81          63          81
Temp             57 68 74 77 76 66 63 61 59 71 79 81 78 70 67 65 63 71 78 81 78
Dewpt            54 58 59 60 63 62 60 59 59 65 66 67 68 67 65 63 61 66 65 65 66
RH               90 70 59 56 64 87 90 93100 81 64 63 71 90 93 93 93 84 64 58 67
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd          2  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  6 10 12 13 10  9  8  8  5  8  8  8  4
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5          20          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C                    S
Tstms                                                 C  S                    S


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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          61    78      57    77      58    79      63    81
Temp          66 61 76 76   62 58 74 74   63 59 76 77   66 63 78 79
Dewpt         62 59 61 60   55 53 59 62   60 58 64 67   64 62 66 68
PWind dir        NW     N       N    SE      SE     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     5       0    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$
MNZ093-192100-
Albert Lea-Freeborn MN
43.69N  93.37W Elev. 1257 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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                      77          58          80          63          80
Temp             59 68 75 77 74 65 62 60 60 71 78 80 76 69 67 65 63 70 77 80 77
Dewpt            55 59 57 58 62 61 59 59 59 64 66 67 68 68 66 65 63 67 66 65 66
RH               87 73 54 52 66 87 90 96 96 79 67 65 76 97 97100100 90 69 60 69
Wind dir          E SE NE  N  N  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          1  3  3  4  2  2  2  3  4  8 11 12  9  9  6  6  5  8  9  9  4
Clouds           SC B2 B1 FW FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  S  S              S
Tstms                                                 C  S  S                 S


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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          61    77      57    75      57    78      62    81
Temp          65 61 75 74   61 58 73 73   62 58 75 76   66 62 78 78
Dewpt         63 61 61 60   55 55 59 61   59 58 63 66   65 62 67 68
PWind dir        NW    NW       N    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20     5       0     5       5    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S  S

$$
MNZ057-192100-
Willmar-Kandiyohi MN
45.11N  95.09W Elev. 1129 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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                      79          60          82          60          82
Temp             55 68 74 77 77 67 64 62 60 71 78 80 79 70 65 62 60 71 79 82 80
Dewpt            49 51 52 55 58 60 60 60 60 64 65 64 64 64 63 62 60 63 60 59 60
RH               80 54 46 47 52 78 87 93100 79 64 58 60 81 93100100 76 52 46 51
Wind dir         SE  S SW  W SW  S  S  S  S SW  S SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          1  3  4  4  3  3  4  5  5 10 11 12 10  6  4  3  4  5  9 10  6
Clouds           B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         C
Tstms                                              C


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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          60    79      56    78      59    82      63    82
Temp          65 60 76 76   62 57 75 76   64 59 78 80   68 63 80 80
Dewpt         61 58 54 53   55 53 54 56   58 58 61 62   64 62 64 64
PWind dir         N     N      NE    SE      SE    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     5      20    10      20     5
Rain shwrs                                    S          S  S
Tstms                                         S          S  S

$$
WIZ015-192100-
Rice Lake-Barron WI
45.49N  91.74W Elev. 1145 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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                      77          53          78          59          78
Temp             51 68 74 76 74 61 57 55 55 68 75 77 72 64 63 61 60 66 74 77 75
Dewpt            47 49 45 45 51 50 49 48 51 57 60 62 65 64 63 61 60 63 62 60 62
RH               86 51 35 33 44 67 75 77 86 68 60 60 79100100100100 90 66 56 64
Wind dir          N  W NW NW NW  N  N  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd          0  1  4  5  1  0  0  1  1  4  6  6  5  4  2  2  3  5  6  6  3
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          80           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.19        0.22           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  D  D
Tstms                                           S  S  C  C
Obvis            PF


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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    77      52    77      52    79      58    81
Temp          61 57 74 73   57 53 74 73   57 53 75 76   62 59 77 76
Dewpt         59 57 56 56   54 53 52 55   53 53 56 60   59 59 62 63
PWind dir        NW    NW       N     N       E     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     0       5    10      30    20
Rain shwrs                                               C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                    S        S

$$
WIZ027-192100-
Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI
44.82N  91.49W Elev. 906 ft
540 AM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date             Wed 08/19/26            Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26
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          56          82          62          80
Temp             55 69 75 78 77 65 60 58 58 71 78 81 76 68 66 64 63 69 76 80 77
Dewpt            51 52 48 48 52 52 53 53 54 59 61 63 65 66 66 64 63 66 65 64 64
RH               86 55 38 35 42 63 78 83 86 66 56 54 69 93100100100 90 69 58 64
Wind dir         NE  N NW NW NW  N SW SW  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          0  1  4  5  2  1  1  1  1  4  9 10  8  6  4  4  4  6  9  9  5
Clouds           SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          80           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.17           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         C  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                              C  C  C
Obvis            PF


Date          Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26
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          60    80      55    79      55    81      61    83
Temp          64 60 76 76   60 56 75 75   60 56 76 78   65 61 79 79
Dewpt         62 60 59 57   56 55 55 56   56 55 59 61   62 61 64 64
PWind dir        NW    NW       N     N       E     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5       0     0       5     5      30    30
Rain shwrs                                               C  C     C
Tstms                                                    S        S

$$