Weather: Clouds and some spotty light rain were found across parts of Minnesota on Monday morning. There was also some dense fog across northwestern Minnesota with some patchy fog found across other areas of the state. This made for a bit of a dreary start to the week.
The clouds slowly gave way to some sunshine on Monday as most of the region enjoyed a partly sunny sky. Temperatures also were very mild to kick off the week with highs climbing into the mid to upper 50s on both Monday and Tuesday.
A weak disturbance will arrive by Wednesday and that cold brings some scattered rain showers to the region. The best chances for rain will be across southern Minnesota, but the rest of the area could see some light rain as well.
Some lingering rain and even some light snow could push across mainly east central Minnesota Wednesday night into Thursday as another system arrives.
High pressure is expected to return by Friday as sunshine should return across the area. Another weak disturbance will arrive by late Saturday night into Sunday. The moisture is limited at this stage over the weekend with this system, but we should see an increase in the cloud cover for Sunday.
Look for a mild weekend with temperatures generally in the low to mid 50s both Saturday and Sunday as we welcome in the month of April!
Enjoy the mild temperatures!
Weather history: On this date in 1986 it felt more like July than March as temperatures climbed into the 70s and 80s across Minnesota. The Twin Cities had a record high of a very warm 83 degrees F!
Weather fact: Experts say that we can trace the phrase ?ÄúApril showers bring May flowers?Äù to an 1886 saying ?Äî ?ÄúMarch winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.?Äù
Almanac:
Sunrise: 7:06 a.m.
Sunset: 7:46 p.m.
Normal High: 41
Normal Low: 24
Regional Temperatures:
Duluth Low 29 High 46
Moorhead Low 32 High 50
Central Minn. Low 33 High 50
Marshall Low 36 High 54
Minneapolis Low 38 High 55
Rochester Low 34 High 54
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, 20-percent chance of rain. High 50 Low 33 Wind: ESE 10-20 mph Prec. Trace-.20?Äù
Temperatures will be mild through the weekend. Expect only some very small chances for rain for the midweek and then again for the weekend.
Thursday: Partly to mostly sunny. High 51 Low 28 Wind: E 10-15 mph Prec. None
Friday: Mostly sunny. High 53 Low 34 Wind: ENE 5-10 mph Prec. None
Saturday: Partly to mostly cloudy, 20% chance of rain. High 51 Low 34 Wind: NW 10-15 mph Prec. Trace-.20?Äù
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, 20-
percent chance of rain. High 55 Low 34 Wind: SW 10-15 mph Prec. Trace-.20?Äù