Top 10 weather and climate events of 2023
12 months of weather in Minnesota is usually quite interesting but 2023 certainly delivered on some extremes. Let’s take a look at my top...
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Sven Sundgaard
Nov 27, 20232 min read
Lackluster start to the snow season: what might December bring?
El Niño is going very strong in the eastern Pacific and it appears that it’s already impacting our weather and meteorological winter...
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Sven Sundgaard
Nov 24, 20232 min read
November 24 ice update
While there has been ice growth in the last six days since we left Churchill, it’s still way behind not only the modern average...
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Sven Sundgaard
Nov 21, 20233 min read
Polar bears of Hudson Bay face another tough year – trip debrief by meteorologist Sven Sundgaard
It was an incredible week on the tundra in northern Canada. We sawn an estimated 31 polar bears in total from arrival on Sunday, November...
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Sven Sundgaard
Oct 28, 20233 min read
Hurricane Otis was a surprise, and it’s a sign of things to come:
Otis was a tropical storm, not forecast to become even a category one hurricane until 24 hours before landfall and wasn’t forecast to...
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Sven Sundgaard
Oct 28, 20231 min read
Cold, snow showers
It was a cold morning early Saturday. We saw our first freeze in most of the metro and even the first frost at all in the urban core of...
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Sven Sundgaard
Sep 30, 20232 min read
You just lived through the hottest September ever recorded
Coming after the 5th hottest summer ever recorded we just finished the hottest ever recorded September, beating the #1 spot of 1897 that...
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Sven Sundgaard
Sep 28, 20232 min read
How much did weekend rainfall help Minnesota’s drought?
Like the answer to most things, it’s complicated. To be sure, the rainfall over the past seven days has been a huge and significant help....
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Sven Sundgaard
Sep 15, 20233 min read
Minnesota lays claim to one of twenty three billion dollar disasters
Remember that crazy hail storm on August 11 that cut right through the most populated areas of the Twin Cities? Well, that qualified as a...
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Sven Sundgaard
Sep 12, 20233 min read
What happened in Duluth Monday night?
Three to six inches of rain fell in an area just two miles by two miles in Duluth late Monday evening. If you know your Duluth...
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Sven Sundgaard
Aug 31, 20234 min read
Longest September heat wave in 45 years; hot September overall nearly guaranteed
The upcoming, potentially record-breaking September heat wave may just be a sign of things to come. We are looking at a likely 4 or 5...
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Sven Sundgaard
Aug 31, 20232 min read
Minnesota’s drought deepens and it’s likely to only get worse
The latest U.S. drought monitor for Minnesota spelled out more bad news. The Twin Cities is back in severe drought and extreme drought...
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Sven Sundgaard
Aug 19, 20234 min read
How rare is the late August heat ahead?
We hit 100 occasionally around here, but in June or July typically IF we do, especially in the most recent modern decades. August is much...
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Sven Sundgaard
Jul 29, 20231 min read
STATE OF THE CLIMATE: 2023
Here's an example for August 3rd, 2023 of how subtle increases change the probabilities and frequencies of certain temperature extremes....
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Sven Sundgaard
Jul 6, 20233 min read
July cool snap any sign of things to come?
Thursday will mark the third consecutive day of cooler than normal high temperatures in the Twin Cities. Normally that wouldn’t be...
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Sven Sundgaard
Jun 30, 20233 min read
3rd hottest June helps drought hang on despite recent rains
The latest drought monitor shows almost no change in the drought despite the recent rains. Moderate drought actually expanded from about...
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Sven Sundgaard
Jun 7, 20234 min read
Why the prolonged, early heat and smoky skies puts us in uncharted territory
We’ve just come off a two and a half week stretch of hot weather. The average temperature the last 17 days was about 10 degrees (F) above...
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Sven Sundgaard
Apr 27, 20234 min read
Stalled spring creating bird traffic jam
It’s been another roller coaster spring thus far and we can measure it in a number of ways, not just temperature charts. Recent headlines...
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Sven Sundgaard
Apr 3, 20233 min read
The iPhone says it will be in the 80s next week!?
80s next Wednesday!? Is it possible? sure. Is it likely? No. I had many people reach out with screen shots of their iPhone forecasts...
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Sven Sundgaard
Apr 1, 20233 min read
Hudson Bay April 1 Update
The polar bears are out hunting on the ice of Hudson Bay in full force at this time of year. Below are positions of satellite collared...
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