A/C, Ducts, and Dampers Scarcely six weeks after a 3-day blizzard, 17″ of snow, and single-digit wind chill . . . it’s officially Summer in the Twin Cities! And how: temps locally thru Memorial Day are forecast to breach 90º, with humidity levels more typical of August. Given that blast of heat, area homeowners can be...Read More
If you wanted to sum up this past, blizzard-dominated weekend in the Twin Cities in one word, it would be “cancelled.” As in, “cancelled flights,” “cancelled (home) showings,” “cancelled weekend open houses,” and “cancelled sporting events” (at least, the outdoor ones). The descriptive expletive? “%!#@&!” P.S.: Oddly, the only place I visited yesterday that had...Read More
Post-Thanksgiving Thaw So, exactly HOW warm was it earlier today in the Twin Cities? Warm enough that the haircutter my son and I visited felt compelled to remind exiting customers “not to forget your coats.” For the record (pun intended), the thermometer hit a record-tying 59º degrees before clouds and rain moved in this afternoon ....Read More
Calendar Confusion What follows “September-in-August?” “August-in-September.” After an unusually chilly late August, with overnight lows in the 40’s(!), the Twin Cities is now being treated(?) to an unusually muggy stretch in the high 80’s. Natives know that such schizophrenic weather is par for the course locally.Read More
April (Snow)Showers Bring . . .?? I think — I hope — I just measured my last home foundation in the snow this season. Make that, snow flurries. After a blissful stretch of 60’s, Twin Cities temps today are in the high 30’s, with wind and sleet to boot. At least, there’s no more snow...Read More
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.Read More
