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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

MNZ041-210900-
Alexandria-Douglas MN
45.87N  95.38W Elev. 1424 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      60          82          59          79          58
Temp                      61 60 68 77 81 79 68 64 60 59 70 76 78 77 66 63 59 58
Dewpt                     58 59 63 64 62 59 60 59 59 59 59 57 57 57 59 59 57 56
RH                        90 96 84 64 53 50 76 84 96100 68 52 48 50 78 87 93 93
Wind dir                   S SW SW SW  W  W NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  10  9 12 12 12 11  6  5  5  5 10 12 12 10  5  4  5  6
Clouds                    SC OV B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.17           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  S
Tstms                         C  S


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          77      54    78      59    81      62    82      59    80
Temp          75 75   57 54 75 76   62 60 77 78   66 63 79 79   65 60 77 77
Dewpt         52 51   53 52 51 54   55 56 59 61   62 61 62 61   61 58 58 58
PWind dir         N      NE     S      SE     S       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10    20      30    10      10     5
Rain shwrs                                    S    C  S
Tstms                                         S    C  S

$$
MNZ049-210900-
St Cloud-Stearns MN
45.55N  94.07W Elev. 1027 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      59          83          60          81          58
Temp                      60 61 70 77 82 79 70 65 62 60 70 77 80 79 68 64 60 58
Dewpt                     55 57 63 66 66 66 64 62 59 59 62 61 59 59 60 59 58 57
RH                        84 87 78 69 58 64 81 90 90 96 76 58 49 50 76 84 93 96
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW SW SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   4  4  8 11 10  6  3  3  3  4  6  9  9  6  2  2  4  4
Wind gust                             20
Clouds                    SC SC B2 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          30          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  C  S
Tstms                            S  S  C
Obvis                                             PF


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          79      53    80      57    82      63    84      61    82
Temp          76 77   59 53 76 78   62 58 78 79   68 63 81 81   67 62 79 80
Dewpt         54 54   54 52 53 54   55 55 60 62   62 61 63 64   62 59 61 60
PWind dir         N       N    SE      SE     S       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL CL   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5    10      30    20      10     5
Rain shwrs                                         C  C  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S     S

$$
MNZ060-210900-
Minneapolis-Hennepin MN
44.88N  93.22W Elev. 840 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      62          83          64          80          62
Temp                      63 63 73 80 82 78 72 69 66 64 71 77 80 78 72 68 64 62
Dewpt                     53 55 59 63 65 68 67 66 64 62 64 63 61 61 60 60 60 59
RH                        70 75 62 56 56 71 84 90 93 93 79 62 52 56 66 76 87 90
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   3  4  9 11 12 10  6  5  4  4  8  9 10  8  4  2  4  5
Wind gust                          21 23
Clouds                    FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C
Tstms                                  S  S


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          80      58    80      61    81      66    84      65    82
Temp          77 78   64 58 77 78   66 61 78 79   70 66 81 81   71 65 79 80
Dewpt         56 54   55 54 53 54   56 56 59 62   63 62 64 64   64 62 62 62
PWind dir         N       N     N      SE     S       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5    10      30    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  S  S    S
Tstms                                                       S

$$
MNZ073-210900-
Redwood Falls-Redwood MN
44.54N  95.11W Elev. 1020 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      59          83          59          81          58
Temp                      59 59 74 81 83 79 69 65 61 59 71 79 81 79 68 63 60 58
Dewpt                     57 58 64 65 66 66 65 62 58 57 62 61 60 59 60 59 57 56
RH                        93 96 71 58 57 64 87 90 90 93 73 54 49 50 76 87 90 93
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW  S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   6  6 11 12 12  6  5  5  5  6  8 11 11  8  4  3  5  5
Clouds                    CL CL SC B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.12        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S
Tstms                                  S  S


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          79      53    79      59    80      63    83      60    81
Temp          77 77   59 53 77 77   63 59 78 78   66 63 80 80   66 60 78 79
Dewpt         55 53   52 50 54 56   57 56 62 64   63 61 64 63   62 59 62 61
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE     S       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      30    20      30    10      10     5
Rain shwrs                              C  S  S    S  C
Tstms                                              S  S

$$
MNZ083-210900-
Mankato-Blue Earth MN
44.23N  93.92W Elev. 1020 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      59          84          61          82          60
Temp                      59 59 72 81 83 78 70 67 63 61 72 78 81 79 69 64 62 60
Dewpt                     55 55 62 64 65 67 67 66 63 60 64 62 61 62 60 59 58 57
RH                        87 87 71 56 55 69 90 97100 97 76 58 51 56 73 84 87 90
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   4  5  9 12 12 10  8  5  4  4  6 10 10  5  3  2  3  4
Clouds                    CL FW CL B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S
Tstms                                     S


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          80      55    79      59    81      63    84      62    82
Temp          77 77   61 55 76 77   63 60 77 78   67 64 80 81   68 63 79 79
Dewpt         57 56   52 52 55 57   57 56 61 64   63 61 65 66   63 61 63 64
PWind dir         N       N    SE      SE     S       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      20    10      30    20      20     5
Rain shwrs                              S             C  S       S  S
Tstms                                                 S          S

$$
MNZ091-210900-
Fairmont-Martin MN
43.66N  94.42W Elev. 1161 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      57          81          62          79          60
Temp                      58 57 71 78 80 77 69 67 64 62 71 77 79 77 67 64 62 60
Dewpt                     56 55 63 65 66 68 67 65 63 60 64 63 62 64 60 59 57 56
RH                        93 93 76 64 62 74 93 93 97 93 79 62 56 64 78 84 84 87
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   4  6 11 13 14 11 10  8  6  6  9 10 10  5  4  3  4  6
Clouds                    CL FW CL SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          20           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S
Tstms                                     S  S


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          77      55    77      59    77      62    81      61    79
Temp          75 75   59 55 74 74   62 59 74 75   65 63 79 78   66 62 77 77
Dewpt         59 58   53 51 56 60   57 56 62 65   63 61 65 67   62 60 64 65
PWind dir         N       N    SE      SE     S       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      20    20      30    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                              S  S          C     S    S  S
Tstms                                                 S     S    S  S

$$
MNZ093-210900-
Albert Lea-Freeborn MN
43.69N  93.37W Elev. 1257 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      57          80          62          79          60
Temp                      57 57 71 78 80 76 69 66 64 62 70 77 79 76 67 63 61 60
Dewpt                     55 55 61 64 65 67 67 66 64 62 66 64 63 63 61 60 59 58
RH                        93 93 71 62 60 74 93100100100 87 64 58 64 81 90 93 93
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   2  4  8 11 12 10 10  8  6  5  8 10 11  6  3  2  3  4
Clouds                    FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW CL FW CL FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0          10          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S
Tstms                                        S


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          77      55    76      58    77      62    80      61    79
Temp          75 74   60 55 73 73   61 59 74 74   64 62 78 77   66 62 77 76
Dewpt         59 57   53 53 55 58   57 57 61 63   63 62 65 66   63 61 64 64
PWind dir        NW       N    NE      SE     S       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10    20      30    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                                 S          C  S  S    S  S
Tstms                                                       S    S  S

$$
MNZ057-210900-
Willmar-Kandiyohi MN
45.11N  95.09W Elev. 1129 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      59          82          59          80          58
Temp                      60 60 71 78 81 79 69 64 61 59 70 77 79 78 68 63 60 58
Dewpt                     58 58 63 65 65 63 63 60 58 57 61 59 59 58 60 59 58 57
RH                        93 93 76 64 58 58 81 87 90 93 73 54 50 50 76 87 93 96
Wind dir                   S  S SW  S SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                   8  6 11 12 11  8  4  4  4  5  9 12 12  8  3  3  4  5
Clouds                    FW FW B2 SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S     S
Tstms                            S     S


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          78      54    78      59    80      62    82      60    80
Temp          75 75   59 54 75 76   63 59 77 78   67 63 79 79   66 60 77 78
Dewpt         53 51   53 51 53 54   57 56 61 62   63 61 63 62   61 59 60 60
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE     S       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      20    10      30    10      10     5
Rain shwrs                              S          S  C
Tstms                                              S  S

$$
WIZ015-210900-
Rice Lake-Barron WI
45.49N  91.74W Elev. 1145 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      51          79          59          76          55
Temp                      52 52 69 76 78 72 63 62 61 59 67 73 76 73 61 57 55 55
Dewpt                     45 45 52 56 60 63 63 62 61 59 63 62 60 60 60 57 55 55
RH                        77 77 55 50 54 73100100100100 87 68 58 64 97100100100
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S SW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   2  2  5 10  9  6  4  3  2  2  4  8  9  5  1  1  3  4
Clouds                    FW SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          50          60           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09        0.29           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  L  C
Tstms                               S  C  C  S
Obvis                                             PF


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          76      50    76      51    79      58    81      59    80
Temp          73 72   54 50 73 73   55 52 76 75   61 59 78 77   63 60 77 75
Dewpt         54 55   53 50 50 53   50 49 54 58   57 57 61 62   61 59 59 60
PWind dir        NW       N     N       E     S       S    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  S  C    S        S
Tstms                                                       S    S

$$
WIZ027-210900-
Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI
44.82N  91.49W Elev. 906 ft
220 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      55          83          62          80          58
Temp                      55 55 71 80 82 77 67 65 64 62 69 77 79 76 66 61 59 58
Dewpt                     47 48 53 57 59 63 66 65 64 62 66 65 63 62 62 60 58 58
RH                        74 77 53 45 46 62 97100100100 90 67 58 62 87 97 96100
Wind dir                  SE  S SW SW SW  S  S SW  S SW  W NW NW NW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   1  1  4 10 11  9  6  5  4  3  5  9 11  9  3  1  3  4
Clouds                    FW SC FW B1 B1 SC OV B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          50          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.26           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  C  S
Tstms                                     S  C


Date           08/22  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          79      54    79      54    80      61    84      62    82
Temp          76 75   58 54 75 75   58 55 76 77   64 62 80 79   66 63 79 78
Dewpt         58 56   56 53 54 54   53 53 57 59   60 60 63 64   63 62 63 62
PWind dir        NW       N     N       E     S       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      30    30      20    10
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  S  C    S  S
Tstms                                                       S    S

$$