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MN weather: 2024 tied for warmest year in the Twin Cities

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Published  January 1, 2025 1:50pm CST
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MN weather: 2024 ties for warmest year on record

2024 has tied for the warmest year on record in Minnesota, matching up with 1931.

The Brief

    • 2024 is tied with 1931 for the warmest year in the Twin Cities on record.
    • Both in 2024 and 1931, the average temperature for the Twin Cities was 50.9 degrees, the warmest years since 1872.
    • The years of 2012, 2016, 2021 and 2023 made it in the top-seven warmest years on record in Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - It looks like 2024 is going to be tied for the warmest year on record for the Twin Cities.

Warmest years in Minnesota

What we know: As of Jan. 1, 2025, the average temperature in the Twin Cities was 50.9 degrees in 2024, which is tied with 1931.

There are many recent years in the top-seven for warmest years in Minnesota, including 2012, 2016, 2021 and 2023, setting a warming trend in recent years.

Warmest years in Minnesota on record.  (FOX 9)

Warm weather in 2024

Digging deeper: 2024 being tied for warmest year on record comes after a record-warm fall in Minnesota.

September-November 2024 was the warmest autumn in 130 years in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The average temperature for those three months was 50.26 degrees, beating the previous record set in 1963.

READ MORE: MN weather: Warmest fall on record in the Twin Cities

The DNR says that seven of the 10 warmest autumns on record have happened since 2000.

This autumn was also the 10th driest autumn on record.

Last winter had heat waves that caused record high temperatures and a lack of snow, with the majority of the state seeing 50% less of its normal snowfall, according to the DNR.

The Source

  • FOX 9 meteorologists and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 

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