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Minnesota's history of nearly continuous meteorological record keeping stretches back two centuries to 1819 when Fort Snelling was settled. By 1871 the first official government observations were taking place in the Twin Cities and by the late 19th century and early 20th century most statewide stations that exist today were in operation. [1] [2]
Heavy and persistent rain expected over the next two days has raised concerns about flooding, and the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for most of Minnesota, in effect until late ...
A large swath of heavy rain fell across most of southern Minnesota during Saturday, August 18, and Sunday, August 19, with the highest totals in the far southeast counties of the state. Twenty-four-hour rainfall totals of 15.10 inches (384 mm) were recorded in Hokah, which easily broke the old state record of 10.84 inches (275 mm).
Rain is the most common form during the summer months, while snow, hail, sleet, freezing rain, and occasionally rain occur during the winter. The summer months of June, July and August account for nearly half of the annual precipitation total across the Twin Cities. [12] Most of this rain falls from thunderstorms, a frequent summer occurrence.
Various winter weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service continue in the Midwest, as shown below. Blizzard warnings are in effect for portions of those regions that include Des Moines ...
Record-breaking rain that month led to a devastating flood. The rainiest Jan. 23 was in 1996 with 1.57 inches of rain. By contrast, the NWS recorded 0.45 inches of rain Tuesday , and 0 inches ...
The 2007 Midwest flooding, which affected the hilly Driftless area of southeast Minnesota was the result of a training pattern of storms mixing warm moist air from Tropical Storm Erin with cooler Canadian air, resulting in record 24-hour rainfall totals of up to 17 inches (432 mm), [56] with a similar flooding event in 2010 as a result of the ...
Here are rainfall amounts, in inches, from the last 24 hours (unless otherwise noted) by locality, according to National Weather Service St. Louis: Illinois locations Belleville: 6.23, 6.33