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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 1/16/2026

A Cold and Windy Weekend
Karl Spring,

Historically, January 17th is the coldest day of the year in Minnesota. On average. Over the last 125 years or so. That’s what climate records tell us. And, right on time, some of the coldest air of the year (so far), has arrived. A low pressure system that dove through the area from Canada, did two things. It produced about…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 1/9/2026

A Windy and Colder Weekend
Karl Spring,

This was such a dark week. It was very cloudy, Monday thru Thursday. The sun finally made a breakthrough, today! And, it was warm, too, with a high of 33 (average high is only 20). But, the days are getting longer, and the sun is higher in the sky, so there is reason to be optimistic. We had warm, southwesterly…

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Friday Evening Northland Forecast: 1/2/2026

First Weekend of 2026
Karl Spring,

It’s the first weekend of 2026. We ended 2025 about 10.5″ short of average precipitation for the year. And, we are starting 2026 the same way. Personally, I love big snowstorms. Bring on some big, wet storm from the Oklahoma panhandle, with lots of available moisture from the Gulf, and we’ll end up with 2 feet of snow in the…