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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

MNZ041-282100-
Alexandria-Douglas MN
45.87N  95.38W Elev. 1424 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      68          60          67          57          70
Temp                   65 66 66 63 63 62 61 62 63 66 65 61 61 59 58 62 68 70 65
Dewpt                  60 61 61 61 60 59 58 61 63 62 62 60 59 58 58 61 61 59 58
RH                     84 84 84 93 90 90 90 97100 87 90 97 93 96100 97 78 68 78
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SW  S SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd               11 11 10 10 12 12 13 16 13 11  9  5  4  4  3  4  6  8  5
Clouds                 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          80         100           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.31        0.01        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  D  L  C  S              S  S  S  S
Tstms                                  S  S  S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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          50    61      43    62      46    61      46    58
Temp          57 51 59 56   48 45 59 57   50 47 58 57   51 47 56 54
Dewpt         51 44 41 41   41 39 40 44   43 43 46 47   47 45 45 44
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W       S     S      SW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     0       5    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                  S

$$
MNZ049-282100-
St Cloud-Stearns MN
45.55N  94.07W Elev. 1027 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      67          60          66          58          71
Temp                   64 66 66 63 63 62 61 62 63 64 66 63 62 60 59 64 68 71 68
Dewpt                  60 61 62 61 61 59 57 60 62 62 63 62 61 59 59 63 64 63 62
RH                     87 84 87 93 93 90 87 93 97 93 90 97 97 96100 97 87 76 81
Wind dir               SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd                6  9  5  8  8  9 10 13 12 10  8  4  2  2  1  2  4  4  2
Clouds                 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          30          90          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.41        0.07        0.21
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  D  D  L  C           C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                     S  S  S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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          53    63      43    63      45    61      47    59
Temp          59 53 61 58   48 45 60 58   50 46 59 59   52 48 57 56
Dewpt         55 46 45 45   42 39 44 46   44 44 49 50   48 46 48 47
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW       S     S       S    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     5       0     5       5    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S                                            S

$$
MNZ060-282100-
Minneapolis-Hennepin MN
44.88N  93.22W Elev. 840 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      70          62          68          61          71
Temp                   66 70 68 65 64 63 63 66 65 67 66 64 64 63 62 66 69 71 68
Dewpt                  61 62 62 62 61 60 58 58 60 62 63 63 63 62 62 65 65 65 64
RH                     84 76 81 90 90 90 84 75 84 84 90 97 97 97100 97 87 81 87
Wind dir                S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                8  8  5  6  6  6  8  9 11 11 10  8  5  3  2  3  5  5  4
Clouds                 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5         100          80          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.41        0.49        0.65
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  C  L  D  C  L  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                        S  S  S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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    64      48    64      49    64      50    62
Temp          62 57 63 60   50 48 62 59   51 49 62 60   53 51 59 58
Dewpt         59 50 47 46   43 42 44 46   45 44 50 50   49 48 49 47
PWind dir         W    NW      NW    NW       S     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50     5       0     0       5    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     C                                            S

$$
MNZ073-282100-
Redwood Falls-Redwood MN
44.54N  95.11W Elev. 1020 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      70          60          68          59          69
Temp                   68 69 68 64 62 62 61 64 64 66 67 63 63 61 60 64 68 69 66
Dewpt                  63 64 64 62 61 59 59 62 63 64 65 62 62 61 60 64 65 64 63
RH                     84 84 87 93 97 90 93 93 97 93 93 97 97100100100 90 84 90
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SW SW  W NW NW
Wind spd                9 10  8 10  9 11 12 16 13 12  9  6  4  3  2  3  4  4  3
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          30          90          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.52        0.21        0.51
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  L  D  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  S
Tstms                                     S  S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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          53    62      43    63      46    62      48    60
Temp          59 53 61 58   48 44 61 58   50 47 60 59   52 49 58 56
Dewpt         57 48 46 46   42 40 45 47   46 45 50 51   49 48 49 48
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC SC   FW FW FW CL   FW FW SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     0       0     0       5    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S

$$
MNZ083-282100-
Mankato-Blue Earth MN
44.23N  93.92W Elev. 1020 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      70          60          69          61          71
Temp                   67 69 67 63 62 61 61 64 64 67 67 64 64 63 62 66 69 71 68
Dewpt                  63 65 64 62 61 58 57 58 60 63 64 63 63 62 62 65 65 66 65
RH                     87 87 90 97 97 90 87 81 87 87 90 97 97 97100 97 87 84 90
Wind dir               SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  9  6  9  6  9 11 11 11 11 10  8  5  3  3  4  5  4  3
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5         100          70          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.29        0.48        1.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  C  D  C  L  L  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                        S  S  S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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    64      45    64      47    65      50    62
Temp          61 56 62 59   50 46 62 59   51 48 62 60   54 50 60 58
Dewpt         60 51 47 47   44 42 45 47   46 45 50 50   50 48 50 48
PWind dir         W    NW      NW    NW      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50     5       0     5       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C

$$
MNZ091-282100-
Fairmont-Martin MN
43.66N  94.42W Elev. 1161 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      69          58          67          61          68
Temp                   69 69 67 62 61 59 59 62 63 66 66 64 64 63 62 65 67 68 67
Dewpt                  63 64 63 61 60 58 57 57 59 62 64 63 64 62 62 65 65 65 65
RH                     81 84 87 97 97 96 93 84 87 87 93 97100 97100100 93 90 93
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd                6  9  6  9  9  9 11 12 12 12 10  9  8  4  5  6  6  5  4
Wind gust                                   23 23
Clouds                 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          90          90          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.18        0.48        1.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S  C  L  C  D  D  L  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                                           S  S  S                    S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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    62      46    62      48    63      50    60
Temp          61 56 61 59   51 46 61 58   52 49 61 60   55 51 58 57
Dewpt         61 52 47 47   45 42 45 48   47 46 50 51   51 48 50 49
PWind dir         W     N      NW     N      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    20       0     5       5    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  C  S

$$
MNZ093-282100-
Albert Lea-Freeborn MN
43.69N  93.37W Elev. 1257 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      69          56          67          61          68
Temp                   68 68 67 62 60 58 58 62 64 67 65 64 65 64 63 65 67 68 66
Dewpt                  63 63 63 61 60 58 56 56 58 62 63 64 63 63 61 65 66 66 65
RH                     84 84 87 97100100 93 81 81 84 93100 93 97 93100 97 93 97
Wind dir               SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  6  5  5  5  6  8 11 12 10 10 10  8  5  8  9  9  8  4
Clouds                 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          90          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.40        1.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                                              S  S                       S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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          55    62      44    62      45    63      48    60
Temp          62 56 61 58   50 46 61 57   50 46 61 58   53 49 58 56
Dewpt         62 54 49 47   45 42 46 47   46 45 50 50   50 48 50 49
PWind dir         W    NW      NW     N      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70    20       5     5       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  C  S
Tstms          S

$$
MNZ057-282100-
Willmar-Kandiyohi MN
45.11N  95.09W Elev. 1129 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      67          60          67          58          69
Temp                   64 66 65 62 63 62 61 63 63 66 66 63 63 61 59 63 67 69 66
Dewpt                  61 63 62 62 61 59 59 61 63 63 63 62 60 59 58 63 63 62 61
RH                     90 90 90100 93 90 93 93100 90 90 97 90 93 96100 87 78 84
Wind dir                S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SW  W SW  W  W
Wind spd                9  8  8  8  8 10 10 13 14 11  6  4  3  2  1  3  5  5  3
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          40          90          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.47        0.05        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                L  D  D  C  C           C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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    61      43    62      46    61      47    58
Temp          59 52 60 57   48 45 60 57   50 47 59 58   52 48 57 55
Dewpt         55 46 44 44   42 40 44 45   45 44 49 49   48 46 48 46
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W       S     S       S    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10     0       0     5       5    10      10    10

$$
WIZ015-282100-
Rice Lake-Barron WI
45.49N  91.74W Elev. 1145 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      72          59          71          60          72
Temp                   68 71 66 60 60 59 59 64 69 68 62 61 61 62 62 64 69 71 66
Dewpt                  59 59 59 60 59 58 56 59 58 60 61 61 61 61 60 64 64 64 63
RH                     73 66 78100 96 96 90 84 68 76 97100100 97 93100 84 79 90
Wind dir               SE  S  S SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                4  5  4  3  4  5  5 11 12 10 10  8  5  3  3  4  4  4  3
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5           5          80          90          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.24        0.67        0.66
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  L  D  D  L  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                              S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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          54    67      40    65      41    65      44    63
Temp          59 54 64 59   46 42 62 57   46 42 62 58   49 45 60 56
Dewpt         58 50 46 44   41 39 41 43   41 40 46 47   46 44 46 45
PWind dir         W    NW      NW    NW      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50     5       0     0       0     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C                                         S  S

$$
WIZ027-282100-
Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI
44.82N  91.49W Elev. 906 ft
1151 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
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                      72          58          72          60          70
Temp                   69 71 67 61 59 58 58 64 69 70 65 62 63 62 62 64 67 70 67
Dewpt                  60 61 60 60 59 57 56 58 57 59 60 62 63 62 61 64 66 66 64
RH                     73 71 78 97100 96 93 81 66 68 84100100100 97100 97 87 90
Wind dir               SE  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                4  5  4  3  3  4  4 11 13 11  9  9  8  6  6  6  8  6  5
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0          60          90          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08        0.55        1.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         C  C  D  D  L  D  D  L  L  L


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
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    65      43    64      42    65      46    62
Temp          62 56 63 59   48 44 62 57   47 43 62 59   51 47 59 56
Dewpt         61 54 49 46   42 41 44 44   43 42 48 48   47 46 49 47
PWind dir        SW    NW      NW    NW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60    20       0     5       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs     L  C  S                                         S

$$