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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/27/2024

A Foggy Friday Night

Well, this is ridiculous. We finally got to the Winter Solstice last Saturday, and today we have thick fog and rain. That is not making the kids happy who want to take their new sleds down the hill! A persistent flow of warm air from the south has turned what little snow we do have to mush, and even that…

Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/20/2024

A Quiet Weekend

The Winter Solstice is finally here! Saturday is the shortest day of the year, and we can now start the slow climb to more minutes of light each day. But, I doubt if you will notice it. For the next week, we literally add only seconds each day. We have to wait til mid-January to see a couple of minutes…

Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/13/2024

A Messy Weekend

The bitter cold arctic blast we had a couple days ago is gone. So are the fierce northwest winds that felt like icy knives. Wednesday and Thursday were pretty rough this week. Now we transition into a different situation….a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 4pm Saturday to 3pm Sunday. Not so much for snow, but for freezing precipitation that…

Photographers Capture the Deep Freeze

DULUTH, Minn.– The severe cold isn’t stopping photographers to emerge from the thick fog on the lake, just to get that perfect shot. Typically, in the summer, you can find people crowding around the harbor waiting for boats to come in. The boat enthusiasts aren’t letting the cold stop them. Some of the dedicated photographers, coming from out of state, and…

Thursday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/12/2024

One More Frigid Night

We have been enjoying mid-January cold temperatures the last few days, and it’s not quite mid-December yet. In fact, the normal high and low temp for today is 26 and 11. We had a high of -3, and a low of -18. Yikes! The record low maximum for today is -5 (set in 1922). We only missed it by 2…

Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/6/2024

A Mild Weekend Coming

We have had a little bit of everything in the last week. Some light snow. A little light mist/rain in the air (in Lakeside). Some chilly, arctic air, and some VERY strong winds on Wednesday. If you’ve lived in the Twin Ports for a few years, you know the weather up here is never dull! The winter solstice is 2…

Sunday Evening Northland Forecast: 12/1/2024

A Cold, Snowy and Windy Week

Today (Sunday) is December 1st. Did you change your calendar yet? We continue to have January temperatures about a month early. The normal high and low for today is 30 and 15. We had 19 and 6. So, yes! It was a cold day! The colder than average temps are here early, but the snowfall continues to lag behind what…