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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

MNZ041-052100-
Alexandria-Douglas MN
45.87N  95.38W Elev. 1424 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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          66          80          66          80
Temp                   77 81 79 72 71 69 68 71 76 78 76 71 69 69 68 71 77 79 77
Dewpt                  65 66 66 67 67 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 69 68 67 67 68 69 69
RH                     67 60 64 84 87 93 97 90 76 74 79 97100 97 97 87 74 72 76
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd               11 11 10 10 10  9 10 12 12 11 12 12 10 11 12 17 18 19 20
Wind gust                                                              28 29 33
Clouds                 B1 FW FW FW B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          50          50          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.15        0.16        0.11        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  C  S           C  C  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                               S  C  S  S  S                          C  C


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          68    82      60    75      53    78      57    79
Temp          72 70 79 78   66 60 72 72   58 54 74 74   62 58 76 74
Dewpt         68 66 65 63   56 53 55 56   55 53 55 58   57 55 59 61
PWind dir         S    SW       W    NW      NW    SW       S    SW
Wind char        BZ    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         70     5       5     0       0     0      10     5
Rain shwrs     L  L
Tstms          C  S

$$
MNZ049-052100-
St Cloud-Stearns MN
45.55N  94.07W Elev. 1027 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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                      84          66          80          65          81
Temp                   76 82 81 73 71 69 67 71 75 78 77 72 70 69 67 71 76 80 78
Dewpt                  66 67 67 67 67 65 65 67 68 68 70 69 67 66 65 66 67 68 69
RH                     71 61 63 81 87 87 93 87 79 71 79 90 90 90 93 84 74 67 74
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd                6  6  5  4  4  3  4  8  9  9  6  5  4  5  8 11 12 12 13
Wind gust                                      19       16          21 24 24 26
Clouds                 B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          40          40          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.28        0.15        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  C  S  S        C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                               S  C  S        S                       S  C
Obvis                                                      PF


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          67    84      62    76      53    79      56    80
Temp          72 69 80 79   68 62 72 73   59 54 74 75   62 57 77 76
Dewpt         65 64 68 68   59 54 58 60   57 53 57 61   58 55 61 63
PWind dir         S    SW       W     W      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         80    30       5     0       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  D  C
Tstms          C  C  C

$$
MNZ060-052100-
Minneapolis-Hennepin MN
44.88N  93.22W Elev. 840 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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                      85          68          81          66          81
Temp                   80 84 83 77 74 71 70 73 77 80 79 73 71 69 67 72 78 81 79
Dewpt                  68 68 68 67 67 67 66 67 67 67 69 67 67 66 64 65 66 67 67
RH                     67 59 61 71 79 87 87 81 71 65 72 81 87 90 90 79 67 63 67
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd                5  6  5  5  5  6  5  8 10  9  8  6  6  8  9 10 12 13 13
Wind gust                                                              23 24 25
Clouds                 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          20          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.17        0.06        0.05        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S  S        C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                                                         S


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          68    84      65    78      59    79      60    82
Temp          73 70 80 81   72 65 75 75   64 59 76 77   65 60 78 78
Dewpt         63 63 69 70   63 57 59 60   58 57 58 60   58 57 61 63
PWind dir         S     S       W     W      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        BZ    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80    50      10     0       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  D  C  S
Tstms          S  C  C  S

$$
MNZ073-052100-
Redwood Falls-Redwood MN
44.54N  95.11W Elev. 1020 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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                      84          68          80          65          81
Temp                   79 83 82 74 73 71 69 72 76 78 77 71 70 70 67 72 78 81 79
Dewpt                  71 72 72 71 70 70 68 70 71 72 72 70 68 67 66 68 71 72 70
RH                     77 70 72 90 90 97 97 93 85 82 85 97 93 90 97 87 79 74 74
Wind dir                E  E SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd               10 10  9  9  8  9 10 11 12 11 10 11 10 11 12 16 17 17 17
Wind gust                          18                                  27 27 28
Clouds                 B1 SC SC B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          60          60          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.17        0.78        0.04        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C  L  C  C  C           C  C  C        C
Tstms                               C  C  C     S  S                          C


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          69    83      60    77      53    79      57    81
Temp          73 71 81 79   66 61 75 74   59 54 76 76   62 58 78 77
Dewpt         65 64 70 68   58 52 61 62   57 53 60 63   58 56 64 65
PWind dir         S    SW       W    NW       W    SW       S     S
Wind char        BZ    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         60    40       0     0       0     0      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  L  C  S
Tstms          C  C  C  S

$$
MNZ083-052100-
Mankato-Blue Earth MN
44.23N  93.92W Elev. 1020 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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                      85          68          81          66          82
Temp                   79 83 81 74 72 71 69 73 76 79 78 72 69 68 67 73 78 81 79
Dewpt                  73 73 73 71 69 68 67 69 70 70 71 69 67 65 64 66 68 69 68
RH                     82 72 77 90 90 90 93 87 82 74 79 90 93 90 90 79 71 67 69
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE
Wind spd                8  8  5  6  6  8  8 10 10 10  8  9  9 10 11 13 14 16 14
Wind gust                                                        21    25    26
Clouds                 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          50          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.33        0.03        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S              S  C  C  C  C        C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S     S     S
Heat index                90
Max heat                     93


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          68    85      62    79      56    80      58    82
Temp          72 70 81 79   68 62 76 75   61 56 77 75   62 58 78 77
Dewpt         62 61 70 71   63 55 61 63   58 55 60 63   59 56 64 65
PWind dir         S    SW       W     W      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         50    50      20     0       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    S
Tstms             C  S  C    S

$$
MNZ091-052100-
Fairmont-Martin MN
43.66N  94.42W Elev. 1161 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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                      85          68          80          65          82
Temp                   81 84 82 73 72 71 69 73 76 78 77 71 69 68 66 72 78 81 79
Dewpt                  74 74 74 72 70 69 68 70 70 71 71 69 66 65 63 66 68 69 68
RH                     79 72 77 97 93 93 97 90 82 79 82 93 90 90 90 81 71 67 69
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE
Wind spd                9  9  8  8  8  8  9 11 11 11 11 12 11 13 14 17 18 19 17
Wind gust                             18                                     28
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          40          60          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.53        0.04        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S              C  C  L  C  C  S     C  S  C  C
Tstms                                  C  S  S  S  C  S
Heat index                92
Max heat                     94


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          68    85      62    79      56    79      58    81
Temp          72 70 82 80   68 63 76 75   61 56 76 75   63 59 78 77
Dewpt         61 60 70 71   62 54 60 63   57 54 60 63   58 56 64 65
PWind dir         S    SW       W    NW      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        BZ    BZ      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20    60      20     0       0     5      10    10
Rain shwrs        S  C  L    S
Tstms             S  S  C    S

$$
MNZ093-052100-
Albert Lea-Freeborn MN
43.69N  93.37W Elev. 1257 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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          78          63          79
Temp                   79 81 79 71 70 68 66 71 75 77 75 69 68 65 64 70 76 78 76
Dewpt                  74 74 73 71 69 67 66 69 70 70 70 68 66 64 62 65 67 68 67
RH                     85 79 82100 97 97100 93 84 79 84 97 93 97 93 84 74 71 74
Wind dir                E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE
Wind spd                8  8  5  5  6  8  8 10 10 10  9  9 10 12 13 13 14 16 14
Wind gust                                                              25    26
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          40          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.12        0.04        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S              S  C  C  C  C              C  C
Tstms                                  S           S


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          65    84      62    77      55    77      56    79
Temp          69 67 80 78   68 62 75 73   60 55 74 73   61 57 76 75
Dewpt         61 59 70 72   65 57 62 63   58 55 61 63   58 56 64 65
PWind dir         S     S       W    NW      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10    60      50     0       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs        S  C  L    C
Tstms             S     C    C

$$
MNZ057-052100-
Willmar-Kandiyohi MN
45.11N  95.09W Elev. 1129 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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          67          79          65          80
Temp                   77 81 80 73 72 71 69 71 75 77 76 71 70 69 67 71 77 80 78
Dewpt                  69 69 69 70 69 68 67 68 70 70 71 70 69 68 66 67 69 70 69
RH                     76 67 69 90 90 90 93 90 84 79 85 97 97 97 97 87 76 72 74
Wind dir                E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind spd               10 10  8  9  8  9  9 11 12 11 11 11 10 11 12 17 17 17 19
Wind gust                                                                 27 29
Clouds                 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          60          70          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.14        0.56        0.08        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C  L  C  C  S           C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                               C  C  C  S  S  S                       S  C


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          68    82      60    75      52    77      56    79
Temp          73 70 79 78   66 60 73 73   59 53 74 74   62 57 76 75
Dewpt         67 64 68 66   58 52 58 59   57 52 59 61   58 55 63 63
PWind dir         S    SW       W    NW      NW    SW       S     S
Wind char        BZ    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         70    20       5     0       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  L  S
Tstms          C  S  S

$$
WIZ015-052100-
Rice Lake-Barron WI
45.49N  91.74W Elev. 1145 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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          61          79          61          79
Temp                   78 81 77 67 65 62 61 70 76 78 75 66 65 63 62 69 75 78 75
Dewpt                  66 66 67 66 65 62 61 62 62 62 64 64 62 61 60 61 61 62 63
RH                     67 60 71 97100100100 76 62 58 69 93 90 93 93 76 62 58 66
Wind dir                E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE
Wind spd                3  3  3  2  2  3  3  6  8  6  4  4  4  6  6  9 10 11 11
Wind gust                                                                    23
Clouds                 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  S  S
Obvis                           PF PF                      PF PF


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          63    81      62    76      50    76      51    78
Temp          67 64 75 76   67 62 73 71   57 50 73 71   57 52 74 73
Dewpt         61 60 66 69   64 55 56 57   55 50 52 56   54 51 57 59
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1   SC FW SC SC   SC FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         70    70      20     0       5     0       5    10
Rain shwrs        L  L  S    S
Tstms             C  C  S    S

$$
WIZ027-052100-
Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI
44.82N  91.49W Elev. 906 ft
1156 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date             Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26
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          81          63          81
Temp                   77 81 78 70 67 64 63 70 75 78 77 69 67 65 63 69 75 79 77
Dewpt                  68 68 68 67 66 63 62 63 63 64 65 65 64 62 60 61 62 63 64
RH                     74 65 71 90 97 97 97 78 66 62 67 87 90 90 90 76 64 58 64
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE  E SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE
Wind spd                5  5  5  4  4  4  4  6  8  8  5  4  5  8  6  9 11 12 10
Clouds                 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S


Date          Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26
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          65    83      64    79      54    78      54    80
Temp          69 66 77 79   69 64 75 74   60 54 73 73   60 55 75 76
Dewpt         61 60 67 71   67 59 59 59   57 54 55 57   56 54 59 61
PWind dir        SE     S      SW     W      NW    NW       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 SC FW SC   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    80      50     0       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs        L  D  C    C
Tstms             C  C  C    S

$$