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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

MNZ041-172100-
Alexandria-Douglas MN
45.87N  95.38W Elev. 1424 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          58          75          53          76
Temp             56 70 76 78 75 66 63 60 58 66 71 73 72 63 57 55 53 65 73 76 74
Dewpt            54 54 56 60 63 64 62 60 58 59 57 57 56 57 54 53 52 52 51 51 53
RH               93 57 50 54 66 93 97100100 78 61 57 57 81 90 93 96 63 46 42 48
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N NW NW NW  N NW  N  N  S  W  W  W
Wind spd          3  6 11 12  9  5  5  4  4  4  6 10  8  4  3  2  1  2  4  5  4
Clouds           SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          30          30           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.01        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C           S  S  C  C
Tstms                      S  C                 S  S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    80      61    81      57    78      56    78
Temp          59 56 77 77   65 61 78 77   63 58 75 75   61 57 75 76
Dewpt         55 54 58 61   62 61 62 59   58 55 55 56   56 55 57 58
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W       N     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5    10      30    10       5     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                   C  S
Tstms                           S

$$
MNZ049-172100-
St Cloud-Stearns MN
45.55N  94.07W Elev. 1027 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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                      82          59          76          53          77
Temp             56 71 79 80 78 68 65 62 59 66 72 74 73 64 59 55 53 66 74 77 75
Dewpt            55 58 56 59 63 65 64 62 59 62 60 60 59 58 56 53 52 55 53 53 54
RH               96 63 45 49 60 90 97100100 87 66 62 62 81 90 93 96 68 48 43 48
Wind dir         SW  W  W SW SW  W SW  W NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  W NW NW
Wind spd          0  3  6  9  6  3  2  3  2  3  5  5  5  2  1  1  0  1  4  4  3
Clouds           SC CL CL B1 B1 B1 SC OV B2 B2 FW B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW CL SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          40          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.17           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S        S  S  C  S
Tstms                         S                 S  S
Obvis            PF


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    81      61    83      58    79      56    80
Temp          60 55 78 78   66 62 80 78   65 58 77 77   63 58 76 78
Dewpt         54 52 58 61   62 61 64 63   60 56 57 58   57 55 58 59
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5    10      30    20      10     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C  S  S
Tstms                           S  S  S

$$
MNZ060-172100-
Minneapolis-Hennepin MN
44.88N  93.22W Elev. 840 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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                      82          65          77          59          78
Temp             61 72 79 82 80 73 69 67 65 70 74 77 74 69 65 61 59 68 75 78 76
Dewpt            59 60 58 59 61 63 65 65 64 64 63 62 62 60 58 56 55 56 54 54 54
RH               93 66 49 46 52 71 87 93 97 81 69 60 66 73 78 84 87 65 48 43 46
Wind dir         SW SW  W  W SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW  N  N NW  W  W
Wind spd          1  4  6  8  8  8  5  3  3  4  5  6  5  3  2  2  1  2  4  4  5
Clouds           FW CL CL SC B1 B1 SC B1 OV OV SC B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C        S  C  C  C
Tstms                         S  S                 S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    82      65    83      63    80      62    80
Temp          65 60 79 79   69 65 80 80   68 63 77 78   66 62 77 78
Dewpt         55 56 57 60   62 62 66 64   62 59 59 58   58 57 59 60
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       N    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      40    30      20     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                   C  C  S  C    S
Tstms                           S  S  S    S

$$
MNZ073-172100-
Redwood Falls-Redwood MN
44.54N  95.11W Elev. 1020 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          76          55          76
Temp             55 71 79 80 77 67 65 62 61 68 73 76 73 64 60 57 55 66 73 76 74
Dewpt            53 59 59 61 65 66 65 62 61 65 65 65 64 63 60 57 55 60 60 59 60
RH               93 66 50 52 67 97100100100 90 76 69 73 97100100100 81 64 56 62
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW  W SW  W  W  N  N NW  N  N  N  N NW SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  3  6  9  6  6  5  4  3  3  5  6  4  3  2  2  1  2  3  4  3
Clouds           CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          40           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.04        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C        C  S  C  C
Tstms                      S  C  S           S  S  C


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    79      60    81      58    78      57    78
Temp          60 55 77 77   64 61 78 78   64 59 76 76   62 57 75 76
Dewpt         58 55 62 64   64 61 67 65   61 57 60 60   58 56 61 63
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      30    10      20     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                   S  C          S
Tstms                                      S

$$
MNZ083-172100-
Mankato-Blue Earth MN
44.23N  93.92W Elev. 1020 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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                      83          63          79          58          78
Temp             58 71 79 81 80 70 67 65 63 70 74 76 75 66 62 60 58 67 74 76 76
Dewpt            56 61 59 60 63 65 66 64 63 66 66 65 65 64 61 59 57 60 58 58 60
RH               93 71 50 49 56 84 97 97100 87 76 69 71 93 97 96 96 78 57 54 58
Wind dir         SW SW  W SW  S  S  S SW SW NW NW  W NW  N  N  N  N NE NW  W  W
Wind spd          2  3  5  5  8  8  5  3  2  3  4  4  4  2  2  2  1  2  3  3  2
Clouds           CL CL CL SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          40          60           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.11        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C        C  C  C  C
Tstms                         C  C              S  C


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    80      62    82      61    80      58    79
Temp          61 57 77 78   65 62 79 79   66 61 77 77   63 59 76 76
Dewpt         57 57 60 64   63 62 67 67   62 59 61 62   58 57 61 64
PWind dir         S     S      SW    SW       W    NW       N    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      30    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C     S    S
Tstms                                 S    S

$$
MNZ091-172100-
Fairmont-Martin MN
43.66N  94.42W Elev. 1161 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          77          57          75
Temp             56 70 77 78 77 70 67 65 63 69 74 74 74 66 62 60 57 66 72 74 73
Dewpt            54 62 61 63 66 65 65 63 63 67 67 68 68 65 62 59 57 62 61 61 63
RH               93 76 58 60 69 84 93 93100 93 79 82 82 97100 96100 87 68 64 71
Wind dir          W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E NW
Wind spd          3  3  6  6  8 10  8  6  4  4  4  4  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds           FW CL FW SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10          50          70          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.09        0.25        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C        C  C  C  L                          S
Tstms                         C  C        S  S  S  C                          S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    77      60    79      59    77      57    75
Temp          61 56 74 75   64 61 77 76   65 60 74 74   62 58 73 73
Dewpt         58 56 63 66   63 61 68 69   62 59 63 64   58 57 63 65
PWind dir         S     S      SW    SW       W     N      NW     E
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      30    30      20     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     S             S  C  S  C    S
Tstms          S                      S    S

$$
MNZ093-172100-
Albert Lea-Freeborn MN
43.69N  93.37W Elev. 1257 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          62          76          57          74
Temp             57 69 76 78 76 69 66 64 63 70 73 75 72 65 62 59 58 66 72 74 72
Dewpt            57 62 62 63 65 64 65 64 63 68 68 68 67 65 62 59 58 61 60 60 62
RH              100 78 62 60 69 84 97100100 93 84 79 84100100100100 84 66 62 71
Wind dir          W  W  W SW  S SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  N  N NW  N
Wind spd          2  4  6  6  5  8  6  6  3  5  5  5  4  2  1  2  1  3  3  4  3
Clouds           FW CL FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B2 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          40          70          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.20        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                         S  C  S        S  S  C  S
Obvis            PF


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    76      59    79      59    76      57    75
Temp          60 57 74 74   63 60 76 75   64 60 74 74   62 59 72 72
Dewpt         58 57 62 65   62 60 68 68   63 60 63 63   59 58 63 64
PWind dir        SE     S      SW    SW       W    NW       N     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      30    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C  S  S    S
Tstms                                      S

$$
MNZ057-172100-
Willmar-Kandiyohi MN
45.11N  95.09W Elev. 1129 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          75          54          75
Temp             56 70 78 79 75 67 64 61 60 67 71 73 72 63 59 56 55 66 72 75 73
Dewpt            54 57 57 60 64 66 64 61 60 63 62 62 61 61 58 56 54 57 56 55 56
RH               93 63 48 52 69 97100100100 87 73 68 68 93 96100 96 73 57 50 55
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  S SW SW  W  W  N  N NW NW  N  N NE  N SE  S SW SW
Wind spd          2  4  9 10  6  4  3  3  3  4  5  6  5  3  2  2  1  2  4  4  2
Clouds           FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          30           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.01        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S     S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  C  S              S  S


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    79      60    80      58    77      57    77
Temp          60 56 76 76   65 61 78 77   64 58 75 75   62 58 75 75
Dewpt         57 55 60 62   63 61 65 62   60 57 57 58   58 56 59 61
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      40    10      10     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                   C  C
Tstms                           S

$$
WIZ015-172100-
Rice Lake-Barron WI
45.49N  91.74W Elev. 1145 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          76          52          76
Temp             55 70 77 80 77 67 64 61 60 68 74 75 71 61 56 53 52 67 73 76 73
Dewpt            55 56 54 54 57 59 60 60 60 61 57 56 57 56 52 50 50 51 48 47 51
RH              100 61 45 41 50 75 87 97100 78 55 52 61 84 86 89 93 56 41 36 46
Wind dir          N  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW  N
Wind spd          0  3  6  5  4  4  3  2  1  3  5  6  4  2  1  1  0  2  4  5  2
Clouds           CL CL CL CL SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          40          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C           S  S
Tstms                                              S
Obvis            PF


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    80      58    81      56    78      53    78
Temp          55 53 78 76   61 60 78 76   61 57 75 74   58 55 76 74
Dewpt         50 50 52 55   56 59 62 61   59 57 55 55   54 54 54 56
PWind dir        NE    SW      SW     W      NW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0    10      40    40      30     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                   C  C  C  C    C
Tstms                              S  S    S

$$
WIZ027-172100-
Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI
44.82N  91.49W Elev. 906 ft
540 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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                      83          63          79          56          78
Temp             58 71 78 81 80 71 68 65 63 70 76 77 74 65 61 57 56 68 75 78 75
Dewpt            58 59 57 56 58 60 63 63 63 65 63 61 60 59 58 55 53 54 52 50 52
RH              100 66 48 42 47 68 84 93100 84 64 58 62 81 90 93 90 61 45 37 45
Wind dir          W  W  W  W SW  W SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd          1  3  8  8  5  5  5  4  2  4  8  9  6  3  2  2  1  2  5  6  4
Clouds           FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          30          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                  S           S
Obvis            PF


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    82      60    82      59    80      56    80
Temp          60 55 78 78   64 61 79 77   64 60 76 76   62 57 76 76
Dewpt         53 53 55 56   59 60 65 64   62 59 60 58   58 56 58 58
PWind dir        NE     S      SW    SW       W    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     5      30    40      40     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                   S  C  C  C    C
Tstms                                 S    C

$$