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THERE It Is! Bone-Chilling Arctic Temps — But Not Snow — Finally Arrive in Twin Cities

January 2019 Thaw Comes to an Abrupt End In case you can’t read the fine print in the photo above, the next time the temperature in the Twin Cities is supposed to reach double digits (as in, 10° or warmer) is early February, more than 10 days(!) away. And that’s air temperature, not windchill. As...
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I Know Why That Upper Lip is Stiff (It’s Frozen!)

Stoic Minnesotans, Mid-Fall 2018 Edition What do Minnesotans say when overnight low’s — in mid-November! — drop into the single digits? (never mind that the windchill Friday night was below zero). No, not “OMG, it’s #@%$# cold!!” Try, “It’s getting kinda  . . . chilly out there” (yup, “chilly”). That’s it. If that seems crazy to...
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Good & Bad Weather News

Define, “Winter” The bad news:   Twin Cities meteorologists are forecasting plowable snow and temps in the single(!) digits next week — six weeks before Winter “officially” begins. The good news:  it’s not Thanksgiving week, when millions of people are traveling.
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Winter Weather Humor, Updated

“The Postman Always Rings Twice Wears Shorts” With yet another blast of cold air gripping the Twin Cities (high temp today:  -5° below; windchill -30° below), I realized that my earlier post on Winter humor had a glaring omission. Here’s the updated version: 10 above: Twin Cities postal delivery workers put on long pants. Anyone...
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What to Wear to the Airport? Everything!

Traveling From Minneapolis (-10°) to Chicago (0°) Normally, Minnesotans heading to the airport in the depths of winter face a trade-off. Option #1:  wear their winter clothing and stay warm to and from the airport, but then be saddled with lots of extra clothes at their destination. Option #2:  travel light, but freeze to and...
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