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(Nov. 2011 - Oct. 2012)
Complete 2012 Long-Range Weather Forecast for the Upper Midwest Region, November 2011 to October 2012 includes week-by-week details.
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MAY 2012: temperature 51° (4° below avg.); precipitation 2" (1" below avg.); May 1-9: Rain and wet snow, then sunny, cool; May 10-15: Showers, then sunny, cool; May 16-24: Rain, then sunny, cool; May 25-31: Sunny, then t-storms, warm.
JUNE 2012: temperature 61° (3° below avg.); precipitation 3.5" (0.5" below avg.); Jun 1-5: A few t-storms, cool; Jun 6-14: Scattered t-storms; warm, then cool; Jun 15-18: T-storms, then sunny, cool; Jun 19-23: Scattered t-storms, turning warm; Jun 24-28: T-storms, then sunny, cool; Jun 29-30: T-storms, seasonable.
Annual Weather Summary: November 2011 to October 2012
Winter will be colder than normal, especially in February. Other cold periods will occur in mid- and late December and mid- and late January. Precipitation and snowfall will be below normal in the east and above normal in the west. The snowiest periods will be in early and mid-December, early to mid-February, and mid-March.
April and May will be much cooler and a bit drier than normal.
Summer will be cooler and drier than normal. The hottest periods will occur in mid-July and early August.
September and October will be cooler and drier than normal in most of the region.
Temperature and Precipitation November 2011 to October 2012







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