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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

MNZ041-162100-
Alexandria-Douglas MN
45.87N  95.38W Elev. 1424 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      89          70          91          66          85
Temp                79 86 88 87 77 74 72 72 81 88 90 87 77 72 67 67 76 82 85 84
Dewpt               67 67 66 67 68 68 67 66 68 69 68 68 68 66 65 65 64 61 59 60
RH                  67 53 48 52 74 82 84 81 65 54 49 53 74 81 93 93 66 49 41 44
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             6  8  9  6  8  8  8  8 10 11 12 11 11  9  8  8 10 10  9  6
Clouds              FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                K  K  K


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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          64    87      68    88      63    80      59    81
Temp          68 67 84 85   73 70 85 84   69 64 77 78   64 61 77 78
Dewpt         62 62 61 62   65 66 63 60   60 59 56 54   57 56 54 53
PWind dir         E     S      SW    NW       N     N      NE    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      40     5       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                   C  C
Tstms                        C  S

$$
MNZ049-162100-
St Cloud-Stearns MN
45.55N  94.07W Elev. 1027 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      91          69          95          68          88
Temp                78 88 90 88 79 74 71 71 83 91 95 91 81 74 69 68 77 84 88 86
Dewpt               66 69 68 68 69 68 68 67 70 70 69 69 69 67 66 65 65 62 60 58
RH                  67 54 49 52 72 82 90 87 65 50 43 49 67 79 90 90 67 48 39 39
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             2  4  4  3  2  2  2  3  6  9 10  8  6  5  5  4  8  9  8  6
Wind gust                                         20
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                K  K  K  K  K  K  K
Heat index                                     97100 96
Max heat               92    95    91          98   101    94


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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          64    90      68    91      63    83      59    83
Temp          68 66 86 86   74 70 88 85   70 64 79 80   65 61 80 80
Dewpt         60 61 60 61   64 66 66 61   61 59 58 55   56 56 55 54
PWind dir         E     S      SW    NW       N     N       N    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      50    10      10     5      10     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C
Tstms                        S  C

$$
MNZ060-162100-
Minneapolis-Hennepin MN
44.88N  93.22W Elev. 840 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      92          74          95          73          89
Temp                82 90 92 91 82 79 75 75 85 93 95 94 86 81 75 73 79 85 89 88
Dewpt               68 68 68 68 70 70 70 69 70 68 67 66 68 68 67 66 65 62 59 57
RH                  63 49 46 47 67 74 84 82 61 44 40 40 55 65 76 79 62 46 37 35
Wind dir             S SE SW SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             1  3  5  5  4  3  3  3  6  9 10 10  8  8  8  8  9  9  9  9
Clouds              FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S
Tstms                                                 S
Obvis                K  K  K  K  K  K  K  K
Heat index                                  90
Max heat               95    97    92          98   100    96


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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    90      71    90      67    83      64    83
Temp          74 70 87 88   77 72 87 87   74 68 80 81   69 65 80 81
Dewpt         59 61 60 60   64 67 68 63   62 61 60 56   57 58 56 54
PWind dir         E     S      SW     W       N     N      NE    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      60    20      10     5      10     5
Rain shwrs                      L  S
Tstms                           C  S

$$
MNZ073-162100-
Redwood Falls-Redwood MN
44.54N  95.11W Elev. 1020 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      90          70          95          70          87
Temp                80 88 90 88 78 75 71 71 84 92 94 91 81 77 71 70 78 84 87 85
Dewpt               71 70 68 70 69 68 66 66 71 70 68 70 69 68 66 65 67 65 63 63
RH                  74 55 49 55 74 79 84 84 65 49 43 50 67 74 84 84 69 53 45 48
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             3  5  6  4  5  6  6  5  8 10 10  6  9  8  9  8  9 10  9  5
Clouds              FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                K
Heat index             93    93                98 99 97
Max heat               93    95    90          98   100    94


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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    90      71    92      66    84      61    83
Temp          69 66 86 87   76 72 89 88   72 66 81 81   67 62 80 81
Dewpt         62 61 64 65   65 66 68 64   61 59 61 58   57 56 58 57
PWind dir         E     S       S    NW       N     N       E     S
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      50     5      10     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C
Tstms                        S  C

$$
MNZ083-162100-
Mankato-Blue Earth MN
44.23N  93.92W Elev. 1020 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      92          71          95          72          89
Temp                82 89 91 89 79 76 72 72 83 91 94 91 82 78 74 72 79 85 88 87
Dewpt               71 71 69 70 70 69 68 67 71 70 68 69 68 67 66 66 67 66 62 62
RH                  69 56 49 54 74 79 87 84 67 50 43 49 63 69 76 81 67 53 42 43
Wind dir             W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             2  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  6  9  9  8  8  6  8  6  9  9  8  6
Clouds              FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                K  K
Heat index             94 96 95                97    96
Max heat               95    98    94          98   100    97                90


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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          66    91      71    93      67    85      62    84
Temp          71 67 87 88   76 72 89 89   73 67 81 82   68 64 80 82
Dewpt         61 61 62 63   64 65 69 65   62 60 60 58   57 57 57 56
PWind dir         E     S       S     W       N     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      50    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C  S
Tstms                        S  C

$$
MNZ091-162100-
Fairmont-Martin MN
43.66N  94.42W Elev. 1161 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      90          69          92          71          87
Temp                82 88 90 88 78 74 71 70 83 90 92 90 81 78 73 71 79 84 87 85
Dewpt               71 69 68 69 69 68 67 67 70 70 68 70 69 67 66 66 67 66 64 63
RH                  69 54 49 54 74 82 87 90 65 52 46 52 67 69 79 84 67 55 46 48
Wind dir            SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             3  3  5  4  4  5  6  6  9 10 11  8  9  9 10  9 11 11 10  8
Clouds              CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                     96    96
Max heat               92    94    91          96    97    93


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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          64    89      70    92      66    83      61    82
Temp          69 66 85 86   75 71 88 88   73 67 80 81   67 63 79 80
Dewpt         61 61 63 65   64 65 68 65   62 60 60 58   57 56 57 57
PWind dir        NE     S       S     W       N     N       N    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      50    10      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C
Tstms                        S  C

$$
MNZ093-162100-
Albert Lea-Freeborn MN
43.69N  93.37W Elev. 1257 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      89          70          90          72          86
Temp                81 87 88 87 76 74 72 71 82 88 90 89 79 77 74 72 78 83 85 84
Dewpt               74 72 71 71 71 70 69 69 72 71 70 71 70 68 68 68 69 68 65 64
RH                  79 61 57 59 85 87 90 93 72 57 52 56 74 74 82 87 74 61 51 51
Wind dir             W  W  W  S SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             2  3  3  3  3  3  4  4  6  9  9  8  6  8  8  8  9 10  9  6
Clouds              FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                K  K  K          PF PF
Heat index             93 94 93                94 96 95
Max heat               94    95                95    96    92


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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          64    86      69    89      66    82      60    80
Temp          68 66 83 84   73 70 85 86   72 67 79 80   66 62 78 78
Dewpt         62 62 64 65   64 66 71 67   63 62 61 60   57 58 58 58
PWind dir         E     S       S     W       N     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      50    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                      C  S
Tstms                           C  S

$$
MNZ057-162100-
Willmar-Kandiyohi MN
45.11N  95.09W Elev. 1129 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      90          70          94          69          87
Temp                80 87 89 87 78 75 71 72 83 91 94 90 80 75 70 70 77 83 86 84
Dewpt               71 70 69 70 70 68 67 67 70 72 69 71 70 68 66 66 66 64 62 63
RH                  74 57 52 57 76 79 87 84 65 54 44 54 72 79 87 87 69 53 45 49
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             4  6  6  4  5  5  6  5  9 10 11  8  9  9  8  8  9 10  8  5
Clouds              FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                K  K
Heat index             92 94 92                98 99 96
Max heat               93    94                99    99    94


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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    88      70    90      65    82      60    82
Temp          69 67 84 85   75 71 87 85   71 66 79 79   66 62 78 79
Dewpt         63 63 64 65   65 67 68 64   61 60 60 58   57 57 58 57
PWind dir         E     S      SW    NW       N     N      NE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      40     5       5     0      10    10
Rain shwrs                   C  C
Tstms                        C  C

$$
WIZ015-162100-
Rice Lake-Barron WI
45.49N  91.74W Elev. 1145 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      89          68          90          68          84
Temp                76 86 88 85 74 71 69 70 80 87 90 87 77 72 69 68 75 81 84 81
Dewpt               62 65 66 68 68 68 67 68 71 69 68 69 68 68 65 65 64 61 58 58
RH                  62 50 48 57 82 90 93 93 74 55 49 55 74 87 87 90 69 51 41 46
Wind dir            SE SE SE  E  E SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd             2  3  2  3  2  2  2  2  4  8  9  6  5  5  5  6  9  9  9  5
Clouds              FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B2 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  S
Tstms                                                 C  S
Obvis                K  K  K  K  K  K  K  K  K


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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    86      65    87      62    80      57    80
Temp          64 63 83 83   70 67 83 82   67 64 77 76   62 59 78 77
Dewpt         58 58 58 60   61 64 66 62   61 59 57 54   55 55 54 54
PWind dir        NE     S      SW     W       N     N      NE     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      50    30      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                      C  C  S    S
Tstms                           S  S  S

$$
WIZ027-162100-
Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI
44.82N  91.49W Elev. 906 ft
846 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Date             Thu 07/16/26            Fri 07/17/26            Sat 07/18/26
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                      91          70          92          71          86
Temp                79 87 90 86 77 74 71 72 81 88 91 89 80 76 72 71 77 83 85 83
Dewpt               66 69 69 71 70 70 70 70 72 70 69 70 69 69 68 67 67 64 62 60
RH                  64 55 50 61 79 87 97 93 74 55 49 54 69 79 87 87 71 53 46 46
Wind dir             E  E SE SE  E SE SE  S SW SW SW SW SW SW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             3  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  4  8  9  8  6  6  6  6  9 10 10  8
Clouds              FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S
Tstms                      S
Obvis                K  K  K  K  K  K  K  K  K
Heat index             92 95 91                93    94
Max heat               93    96    90          94    96    93


Date          Sun 07/19/26  Mon 07/20/26  Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26
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    88      68    89      65    82      59    82
Temp          66 65 84 84   72 69 84 84   70 66 79 78   64 61 78 79
Dewpt         59 60 60 60   62 65 68 66   63 61 60 57   56 57 56 55
PWind dir         E     S      SW     W       N     N      NE    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      50    40      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                      C  C       S
Tstms                           C  C

$$