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Minnesota weather: Record warmth in January
On Monday, amid a stretch of unusual winter warmth, the Twin Cities broke a nearly 100-year-old record high temperature.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - It's January in Minnesota, but it feels a lot like early spring.
On Monday, amid a stretch of unusual winter warmth, the Twin Cities broke a nearly 100-year-old record high temperature.
At 2:34 p.m., temperatures at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport hit 50 degrees, breaking the previous record for Jan. 29 – 49 degrees set in 1931.
And the way the forecast is shaping up, Monday may not be the only 50-degree day this week. Currently, temps on Wednesday are projected to hit the 50s, breaking another record.
Statewide, much of southern Minnesota was in the high 40s to 50 degrees.
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Warm weather offers skiing, golfing on same day
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