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Arb Sightings 12/10/10
Southern Minnesota is stuck in a bad late fall/early winter rut. I say this because tonight and tomorrow we’re in for yet another weekend snowstorm, with ice and up to a foot of snow possible for some areas (including the Twin Cities). Last weekend we received somewhere between eight and ten inches in St. Peter, […]
Arb Sightings 12/3/10
Winter has decided to begin in earnest, one month earlier than usual. Over the past couple weeks southern Minnesota has seen more snow, several dangerous ice storms (one of which caused about 400 vehicle accidents in the Twin Cities in one night), and frigid temperatures struggling to reach the 20’s. Even today here in St. […]
Arb Sightings 11/19/10
After last weekend’s major snowstorm one wonders what other weather oddities we have yet to experience in this uncharacteristic year of weather. Here in St. Peter, 8 to 10 inches of snow accumulated from early Saturday to early Sunday, and similar amounts were recorded throughout southern Minnesota including the Twin Cities. The temperature during the […]
Arb Sightings 11/11/10
Shorts and sandals came out again earlier this week, as high temperatures reached the low 70’s in early November for the third consecutive year. Even yesterday the high temperature reached the mid-60’s, but a northwestern cold front moved in around mid-afternoon, bringing with it some rain and causing temperatures to fall back into the 40’s […]
Arb Sightings 11/5/10
November has begun on the chilly side, as temperatures on several mornings this week have dipped into the 20’s. Earlier in the week, as well as this morning, small ponds in the area have been topped with a fine sheet of ice, and our cars have required some frost removal attention. The added winds around […]
Arb Sightings 10/27/10
An unusual year in weather continues this week as a major storm blasts through most of the country’s midsection, including all of Minnesota. Around Monday evening the winds began to pick up in southern and western Minnesota, and by late Tuesday morning they were sustained at 30mph, with some gusts approaching 60mph! This morning snow […]
Arb Sightings 10/22/10
What a pleasant week of October-like weather we have had here in southern Minnesota! High temperatures have remained in the 50’s to low 60’s (with the exception of today, which might reach the low 70’s), and we’ve seen nothing but sun all week. The winds however began to increase around mid-week, and after this brief […]
Arb Sightings 10/14/10
As our Indian Summer begins to taper off this weekend, temperatures will become more October-like. The forecast for next week shows highs in the mid-50’s to low 60’s, and lows might reach the low 30’s and give us a few frosty mornings here in southern Minnesota. It appears that this current dry spell that only […]
Arb Sightings 10/8/10
Don’t you just love mid-October? Over the past few years it has been the middle of this month that has varied the most. Two years ago, the weather was temperate in the high 50’s and low 60’s; people were wearing light jackets in the morning and shedding them by the afternoon. Last year, a light […]
Arb Sightings 10/1/10
The first full week of fall has been rather pleasant. High temperatures have been comfortably in the 60’s and 70’s, and we’ve seen nothing but sun all week. Even the winds have been light to almost nonexistent. Thankfully, it has also been much drier; no rainfall has occurred in southern Minnesota since early Saturday morning […]