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Record highs today as temps rise into the mid to upper 50s once again.

West Downtown neighborhood January 10th 2012 Another beautifully mild day and sunny with highs in the mid to upper 50s and a low above freezing occurred here in Southeastern Minnesota! Today was a day that felt much like spring and nothing like winter with a high of 57.F at my location! Birds were signing and …

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Is it January or March? Record warmth today. Highs shattered today as highs rose to near 60.F in some areas. Crocus have begun to leaf out!

Front yard view Rochester,MN January 5th 2011 I left the snowcovered hills of Wisconsin this afternoon and arrived back in Southern Minnesota, and what a stunningly beautiful day to arrive back! As I left, the snow that fell in the New Years system was melting fast as the temperature was 44.F in my Clayton,WI yard. …

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Very mild weather weather to end the week, Sunshine and upper 40s for highs Thursday/Friday. It does not get much better then this in January!

Regional weather view. A very un typical pattern continues to influence the Upper Midwest, instead of arctic airmass’s and snow, the region continues to have a mild winter more typical of Southern states! Highs on Thursday will be in the mid 60s in parts of Iowa, to as warm as the upper 40s in Southern …

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New Years sigificant wind with storm causing minor damage December 31st- January 1st then info in comparence to the same storm here in Western Wisconsin!

Image from KCCT Skycam showing the lack of snowcover continuing January 2nd Over the New Years Holiday weekend a strong storm system hit bringing high winds which took down trees and ripped shingles off homes. It also brought much cooler weather nearly 20 degrees cooler then on Friday. The cause of the high wind was …

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Sigificant Storm will hit Southeastern Minnesota tonight! Very strong winds 45-50MPH likely. Minor totals but sigificant blowing/drifting is possible-Travel impacts possible!

Regional Weather View. All attention is on the 1st significantly strong storm system to hit the Midwest in some time. The main impact with this system will be widespread high winds gusting 45 to 50MPH across much of the 7 state area! gusts topping 60 are even possible in Iowa. Snow from this system will …

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UpdatesX1 Snow tonight, some possibly heavy then warming up and turning windy Saturday.

Regional weather view. A more active pattern is setting up across the Upper Midwest finally! It is not conducive for big storms but multiple little systems and clippers with move southeast through the region this week. bringing chances for accumulating snows north and snow and drizzle chances south. It will be a very mild week …

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Warm and snowless winter continues so far highs reached 50.F today and severe drought continues to cover parts of the area. Warm temps causing some plants to start sprouting.

Snowless brown fields from Clayton,WI December 26th Another beautiful and warm but breezy, sunny late December day occurred across the area today, as well as here in my hometown area of Western Wisconsin, where the high was a balmy 48.F today! Today was a nice day in a string of them which seems to have continued for quite some …

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Wind Advisory for Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Palo Alto, Hancock, and Cerro Gordo Counties

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 354 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 …VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TODAY… IAZ004>007-015>017-261800- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0015.111226T1600Z-111226T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ESTHERVILLE…ALGONA…FOREST CITY… NORTHWOOD…EMMETSBURG…GARNER…MASON CITY 354 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 …WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM …