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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

MNZ041-212100-
Alexandria-Douglas MN
45.87N  95.38W Elev. 1424 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          56          77          52          79
Temp             61 71 78 81 79 69 64 59 56 68 74 76 74 62 57 54 53 68 75 78 76
Dewpt            60 61 59 57 57 59 56 54 53 52 48 47 51 53 52 52 52 53 52 52 55
RH               97 71 52 44 47 70 75 83 90 57 40 36 44 72 83 93 96 59 45 40 48
Wind dir         NW  N NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  9 12 12 10  5  5  4  4 12 14 12  9  5  3  2  1  3  4  5  4
Clouds           SC FW SC B1 B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    79      61    82      59    79      56    79
Temp          62 58 76 76   66 62 79 78   65 60 75 75   61 56 76 76
Dewpt         55 56 60 62   63 62 63 61   59 58 57 57   57 56 56 57
PWind dir        SE     S       S     W      NW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      30     5       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        S          S  C
Tstms                        S  S

$$
MNZ049-212100-
St Cloud-Stearns MN
45.55N  94.07W Elev. 1027 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          57          78          52          80
Temp             62 69 78 83 81 70 66 60 57 70 75 77 75 64 59 55 53 67 76 79 78
Dewpt            61 63 60 58 58 59 59 56 54 54 49 48 54 55 54 53 53 57 55 54 55
RH               97 81 54 43 46 68 78 87 90 57 40 36 48 73 83 93100 70 48 42 45
Wind dir         NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N SE SW  S SE
Wind spd          5 10 11 11  8  3  3  4  5 12 14 12  6  2  1  0  0  1  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 SC SC B1 B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    81      61    85      61    81      57    81
Temp          62 57 77 78   66 62 81 81   67 61 77 78   63 57 77 78
Dewpt         55 55 60 62   62 62 66 64   62 59 60 60   59 57 59 59
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SW       W    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      30    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                      C  S
Tstms                           S  S

$$
MNZ060-212100-
Minneapolis-Hennepin MN
44.88N  93.22W Elev. 840 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          62          80          59          80
Temp             65 73 80 83 81 72 67 64 62 72 78 80 77 71 64 61 59 69 77 80 78
Dewpt            63 63 61 55 56 58 59 58 56 55 49 47 54 54 55 55 55 57 55 54 52
RH               93 71 52 38 42 61 75 81 81 55 36 31 45 55 73 81 87 66 47 41 40
Wind dir          W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N
Wind spd          4  9 11 12 10  4  4  4  5 10 14 13  9  5  3  2  1  2  3  3  3
Clouds           B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          61    81      64    85      65    82      62    82
Temp          66 61 77 78   69 65 81 82   71 65 79 79   68 63 78 80
Dewpt         55 56 59 61   63 63 66 65   64 61 61 60   60 59 60 59
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SW       W    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      20    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S  S  S    S
Tstms                           S  S  S

$$
MNZ073-212100-
Redwood Falls-Redwood MN
44.54N  95.11W Elev. 1020 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          58          79          52          79
Temp             60 72 80 83 81 71 65 60 58 71 77 79 77 64 59 55 53 69 77 79 77
Dewpt            60 63 62 60 61 61 59 57 56 59 54 52 53 52 52 51 50 55 54 54 55
RH              100 73 54 46 51 71 81 90 93 66 45 39 43 65 78 86 89 61 45 42 47
Wind dir         NW NW  N  N NW NW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE SE  N  S SE SE SE
Wind spd          5  8 10 10  6  3  4  3  4  8 12 12  8  4  2  1  0  2  3  4  5
Clouds           FW FW FW SC SC SC FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          58    79      61    83      61    80      56    80
Temp          63 59 76 77   66 62 81 81   67 61 78 78   63 57 77 78
Dewpt         58 57 62 63   64 62 66 64   62 59 60 58   58 57 60 59
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     W       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      20    10      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        C  S          S
Tstms                           S

$$
MNZ083-212100-
Mankato-Blue Earth MN
44.23N  93.92W Elev. 1020 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          59          79          54          80
Temp             64 73 78 82 80 70 66 61 59 71 77 78 76 65 60 56 55 69 77 80 77
Dewpt            63 64 64 62 62 63 61 57 56 61 55 52 55 53 52 52 52 56 55 55 56
RH               97 73 62 51 54 78 84 87 90 71 47 40 48 65 75 86 90 63 47 42 48
Wind dir         SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW  N  N  N  E  S  S  S SE
Wind spd          3  8 11 11  8  3  3  3  3  9 13 13  6  3  2  1  0  1  2  3  3
Clouds           B1 FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          59    80      63    84      63    82      60    82
Temp          63 59 76 78   66 63 81 81   68 63 79 79   64 60 78 79
Dewpt         57 57 61 62   63 62 67 66   63 60 61 60   59 58 60 61
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      20    10      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        S             S          S  S
Tstms                           S

$$
MNZ091-212100-
Fairmont-Martin MN
43.66N  94.42W Elev. 1161 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          59          78          53          77
Temp             63 73 79 80 79 68 64 61 59 71 77 78 75 64 59 56 54 68 75 77 75
Dewpt            63 64 62 60 62 61 59 57 56 60 56 54 58 53 52 51 51 56 56 57 58
RH              100 73 56 51 56 78 84 87 90 68 48 43 55 67 78 83 90 65 52 50 55
Wind dir          W NW NW NW  N NW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N  N SE  S SE
Wind spd          4 10 12 11  6  3  4  4  5  9 12 13  6  4  3  2  0  0  2  2  3
Clouds           B1 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          58    76      61    81      62    79      58    79
Temp          63 59 73 74   65 62 78 78   67 62 78 77   64 59 76 77
Dewpt         57 57 63 64   63 61 68 67   62 59 61 62   58 57 61 62
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        C  C          S  S  S    S  S
Tstms                           S  S  S    S

$$
MNZ093-212100-
Albert Lea-Freeborn MN
43.69N  93.37W Elev. 1257 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          59          77          53          76
Temp             65 73 78 79 77 67 62 61 59 70 75 77 74 63 59 56 54 67 74 76 73
Dewpt            65 67 65 64 64 62 61 58 57 61 58 55 58 54 52 52 52 58 57 57 58
RH              100 81 64 60 64 84 97 90 93 73 55 47 57 72 78 86 93 73 55 52 59
Wind dir          W NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW  N NW NW NW  N  N  N NE SW  W  W SE
Wind spd          4  8 11 10  6  3  3  4  4  9 12 12  8  4  2  1  1  2  3  3  2
Clouds           B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC FW B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis            PF


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    75      60    80      62    79      59    78
Temp          61 58 73 73   64 61 77 78   67 62 76 76   63 59 76 76
Dewpt         57 57 62 63   62 61 68 67   64 62 63 62   60 59 62 62
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      20    30      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        S             S     C    S  S
Tstms                           S     S    S

$$
MNZ057-212100-
Willmar-Kandiyohi MN
45.11N  95.09W Elev. 1129 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          57          78          52          78
Temp             60 70 78 81 78 67 63 60 57 70 76 78 75 64 59 55 53 68 75 78 76
Dewpt            60 62 60 59 61 61 59 56 55 57 51 48 52 53 53 53 52 54 53 53 55
RH              100 76 54 47 56 81 87 87 93 63 42 35 45 67 80 93 96 61 46 42 48
Wind dir         NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE  S  S SE
Wind spd          4 10 11 11  8  2  4  4  4  9 14 13  8  4  2  1  1  3  3  4  4
Clouds           FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    78      61    82      60    79      56    79
Temp          63 58 75 76   66 62 79 79   66 60 76 76   62 57 76 76
Dewpt         57 57 61 63   64 62 65 63   61 58 59 58   58 57 59 59
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     W      NW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      20    10       5     0       5     5
Rain shwrs        C  S          S
Tstms                           S

$$
WIZ015-212100-
Rice Lake-Barron WI
45.49N  91.74W Elev. 1145 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      78          56          75          49          76
Temp             60 70 75 78 75 64 60 57 57 68 73 75 71 59 55 51 50 66 73 76 73
Dewpt            60 63 62 58 57 58 56 55 55 55 52 51 54 55 54 51 50 54 52 52 53
RH              100 78 64 50 54 81 87 93 93 63 48 43 55 87 96100100 65 48 43 49
Wind dir         SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  N  N
Wind spd          2  5 10 11  8  2  4  3  4 12 13 13  6  2  1  1  0  2  4  4  2
Clouds           OV OV B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S
Obvis            PF


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          50    78      56    81      59    79      54    79
Temp          54 51 75 75   59 58 78 77   64 59 76 75   60 55 75 75
Dewpt         50 48 54 57   56 57 62 63   62 59 59 59   59 55 57 58
PWind dir         E     S       S    SW      SW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      20    30      40    20       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S  C  C    C        S
Tstms                           S     S

$$
WIZ027-212100-
Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI
44.82N  91.49W Elev. 906 ft
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          57          77          53          78
Temp             64 73 78 81 77 67 64 59 58 71 76 77 74 63 58 55 54 68 75 78 75
Dewpt            63 64 63 60 58 58 57 56 56 58 52 50 55 56 56 54 54 57 56 54 53
RH               97 73 60 49 52 73 78 90 93 63 43 39 51 78 93 96100 68 52 43 46
Wind dir         SW  W NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N
Wind spd          3  8 11 13 10  3  3  3  5 12 14 13  9  3  2  1  1  2  5  5  3
Clouds           OV OV SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC FW FW CL FW SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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      59    84      62    82      58    81
Temp          58 53 76 76   63 60 79 79   67 62 78 78   63 59 77 78
Dewpt         53 51 58 58   59 59 64 65   64 62 63 61   61 58 60 59
PWind dir         E     S       S    SW      SW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      10    20      40    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                         S  S    C  S
Tstms                                 S    S

$$