Memorial Day Last Year: Sunny & 96°
What a difference a year makes. Memorial Day 2019 brought us cool rain with a high around 50°. Do you remember Memorial Day 2018? A year ago in St. Cloud it was sunny & hot with a high of 96°.
Last year it hit 100° at MSP, for the earliest 100-degree reading in history.
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 203 AM CDT Tue May 29 2018 ...Highest Heat Indices on May 28, 2018... Location Temp Time/Date Provider Cambridge AP 106 F 0455 PM 05/28 AWOS Augusta 1NW 101 F 0605 PM 05/28 RAWS Faribault AP 101 F 0255 PM 05/28 AWOS Eden Prairie AP 101 F 0253 PM 05/28 ASOS Hutchinson AP 101 F 0215 PM 05/28 AWOS Lakeville AP 101 F 0335 PM 05/28 AWOS Maple Lake AP 101 F 0335 PM 05/28 AWOS Minneapolis-St. Paul AP-MSP 101 F 0353 PM 05/28 ASOS Lake Elmo AP 100 F 0255 PM 05/28 AWOS Santiago 3E 100 F 0320 PM 05/28 RAWS Ladysmith 2SW 100 F 0505 PM 05/28 RAWS Montevideo AP 100 F 0455 PM 05/28 AWOS Owatonna AP 100 F 0312 PM 05/28 AWOS St. Paul Dwtn AP 100 F 0153 PM 05/28 ASOS Carver 3S 100 F 0249 PM 05/28 RAWS Waseca AP 99 F 1235 PM 05/28 AWOS Wyoming 6WSW 99 F 0506 PM 05/28 RAWS Crystal AP 99 F 0436 PM 05/28 ASOS Apple Valley 99 F 0400 PM 05/28 GPSMET Princeton AP 99 F 0436 PM 05/28 AWOS Farmington 1SE 99 F 0400 PM 05/28 NWS Glencoe AP 98 F 0316 PM 05/28 AWOS Litchfield 3S 98 F 0411 PM 05/28 RAWS Litchfield AP 98 F 0335 PM 05/28 AWOS Le Sueur 1S 98 F 0100 PM 05/28 GPSMET Blaine AP 97 F 0345 PM 05/28 AWOS Buffalo AP 97 F 0355 PM 05/28 AWOS Eau Claire AP 97 F 0356 PM 05/28 ASOS St. James AP 97 F 0315 PM 05/28 AWOS Milan 1NW 97 F 0600 PM 05/27 COOP Mankato AP 97 F 0156 PM 05/28 AWOS Morristown 97 F 0130 PM 05/28 GOES Olivia AP 97 F 0215 PM 05/28 AWOS Red Wing AP 97 F 0455 PM 05/28 AWOS South St. Paul AP 97 F 0415 PM 05/28 AWOS St. Cloud AP 97 F 0453 PM 05/28 ASOS Stanton AP 97 F 0355 PM 05/28 AWOS New Ulm AP 97 F 0115 PM 05/28 AWOS Chetek AP 97 F 0555 PM 05/28 AWOS Alexandria AP 96 F 0453 PM 05/28 ASOS Willmar AP 96 F 0435 PM 05/28 AWOS Sauk Centre AP 96 F 0435 PM 05/28 AWOS Fairmont AP 96 F 0156 PM 05/28 AWOS Little Falls 2SSE 96 F 0407 PM 05/28 RAWS New Richmond AP 96 F 0440 PM 05/28 AWOS Rush City AP 96 F 0417 PM 05/28 AWOS Albert Lea AP 95 F 0355 PM 05/28 AWOS Benson AP 95 F 0415 PM 05/28 AWOS Madison AP 95 F 0435 PM 05/28 AWOS Granite Falls AP 95 F 0159 PM 05/28 AWOS Glenwood AP 95 F 0415 PM 05/28 AWOS Menomonie AP 95 F 0540 PM 05/28 AWOS Osceola AP 95 F 0315 PM 05/28 AWOS Paynesville AP 95 F 0615 PM 05/28 AWOS Redwood Falls AP 95 F 0153 PM 05/28 ASOS
The cool, wet spring of 2019 will continue for the first part f this week, before sunshine and mid 70s return to central Minnesota for Thursday and Friday.
Minnesota's 3-month outlook for June, July, and August from the National Weather Service calls for below-average temps and above-average precipitation.