Brian D

Here's the Spring chart for our region with a look at the 3 months that comprise it. Warm March to a near avg April to a cool May.

Well, prelim May data is in, and looks like another cool May for the region this year.

Using NOAA data at 61-90, 71-00, 81-10, and 91-20 norms for the south central US for the avg anomaly (in K) for Jan-Apr. () is the difference from previous norm. 61-90: 0.221 71-00: -0.091 (0.312) 81-10: -0.374 (0.283) 91-20: -0.535 (0.161) (0.756 from 61-90) Maps above are in F, so can't compare these with those necessarily, as F uses smaller units compared to K/C units (which are the same size). Have to use lat/long here, but basically its CO, KS, OK, NM, and TX. I already have data downloaded (1981-2010 base) for 7 sections of the US from a while ago, so I plugged in the coordinates I have for this section. When using lat/long, the area is bigger in the south, than the north areas because of the arc of the Earth. Unfortunately, I do pick up some of MX and CA in those sections, but it's all good. https://psl.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/data/testdap/timeseries.pl Hope this helps.

Or we could use these maps. 1988 was much drier overall. The scales are a little different, but stills shows the big difference.

Looks like Devil's Lake, and Moorehead hit 102 as well. GF down to 101.

I looked at some drought index (KBDI) values for some stations, and they are as much as twice as high as they were in 1988. That's definitely allowing temps to rise a bit more. Impressive heat indeed. 1988 had lots of moments in the spotlight within the records around here.

Quick look at temps around the E ND/NW MN region.

Mid 70's here by the Lake with mid 80's inland. TY Big Water!

Yep, the perfect conditions for high temps too develop. D0-D1 into the western half MN helping the heat build there as well.

If Madison stays there, that's tied for 4th. It was 86 last year, tied for 5th.

Just looking at summer a little more closely with my modelling method shows quite a variable summer with temps, and plenty of rain/thunder chances. Can't talk to the svr part for everyone, but the chances are there, especially my way. Edit: Added map for my thinking.

Wonder how the crops will fair, going from freezing temps up to blowtorch wx. Red River Valley looking at 100 degree weather.

2 day record heat wave looks to be rivaling that of 1988, but 1988 was a bit longer in duration. That lasted about a week. And I get to be a little cooler than the rest near the Lake. Works for me! Temps will still be up there well into next week, tho, with 80's still holding strong away from the Lake.

Near record to record heat up my way this weekend. Highs in the upper 80's to low 90's expected. Sweatin time coming early this year.

More record lows this morning with temps being very similar to yesterday morning. Impressive 2 day run on cold mornings. These last 3 days have been running -10 to -20 below normal putting the smackdown on the monthly avg. Should end up around 1.0 - 1.5 tho after being in the 3 range.

Lots of cold this morning. Many records broken.

Record lows for May 28 are around mid - upper 20's for NE MN, so yeah, could be some serious smashing in the a.m.. Ugly stuff. From suntan lotion to "throw another log on the fire" LOL!

Colder than me this time of year when I'm below normal. Rather impressive indeed.

High of 82 yesterday. Canadian air flowing in today with a high around 60 this afternoon. Normal late May wx, but still a little cooler than avg. Chilly end to May with frost advisories for the next couple a.m.'s.

It's in the NOWdata at the NWS Duluth site. Grand Portage:Calendar summaries: Snowfall: Daily max https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=dlh EDIT: Cli-mate MRCC also has that data. Just looked it up there. But the temps were logged as no cooler than 40, so someone made a huge typo. LOL

Speaking of late snows, I just came across this from Grand Portage, MN. It's in the NE corner of NE MN just south of the Canadian border. July 3rd-12th 9.0" 7/3/1897 8.9" 7/4/1897 5.8" 7/5/1897 2.1" 7/6/1897 2.2" 7/7/1897 12.1" 7/8/1897 6.5" 7/9/1897 0.1" 7/10/1897 1.5" 7/11/1897 0.2" 7/12/1897 That's insane! LOL!!

LOL. Kind of disgusting that the models are showing that, but some rn/sn mix or maybe a brief turn over to snow in the early a.m. Friday is possible away from the Lake. Possible frost advisories are being mentioned, too, for Sat a.m.. But that's not unusual. We can have frost up to mid June, like last year. EDIT: BTW the latest measurable snowfall in Duluth above a trace is the 28th (0.4" 1965). The day prior on the 27th had 2.0" in 1932. So we shall see if the 28th bears fruit.

Interesting last couple days. Saturday had a high of 81, then shwrs/stms (0.88") Sat night. Sunday I had a whopping high of 41! A mere 50 so far today. Tomorrow looks like it's back to around 80 for a day. Lilacs are starting to bloom already. That's ahead of normal for me by at least couple weeks. Life next to Lake Superior is what it is.

Since Wed, I've had 0.70" of rain. Much needed. Very mild today, and a little humid out. It's 72 with a dewpoint of 63. Nice early summer weather.

A little light rain this aftrn with fog that rolled in off the Lake. A much needed wet stretch coming up in the next 7 days with a little thunder possible. Dandelions are pretty thick in the lawns around here this week as the temps were very nice for mid May.