Long-range Weather Forecast

Upper Midwest

Annual Weather Summary
November 2008 to October 2009

Detailed 2009 Long-Range Forecast
for the Upper Midwest Region

Includes predictions for all or portions of Michigan (Alpena, Escanaba, Marquette, Menominee, Traverse City), Minnesota (Bloomington, Duluth, Minneapolis, Rochester, Saint Paul), North Dakota (Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Wahpeton, West Fargo), South Dakota (Aberdeen, Brookings, Mitchell, Sioux Falls, Watertown), Wisconsin (Appleton, Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh).

Winter temperatures will be two degrees above normal, on average, with below-normal precipitation and snowfall. After record cold in the first half of December, most days in January will be much milder than

normal, despite occasional cold periods. Other cold spells will occur throughout February. The snowiest periods will be around Christmas and New Year, in mid-January, and in March.

April and May will be warmer than normal, with near-normal precipitation.

Summer will be hotter than normal, on average, with an especially hot July followed by a cooler August. Rainfall will be slightly below normal.

September and October will have below-normal rainfall. Temperatures will be below normal, on average, in September and above normal in October.

Detailed Forecast for the Next Two Months

July 2009

Avg. Temperature: 73.5° (4.5° above avg.)
Precipitation: 2.5" (1" below avg.)
Jul. 1-4: Scattered t-storms, warm
Jul. 5-9: Sunny, turning hot
Jul. 10-16: Scattered t-storms, hot
Jul. 17-24: T-storms, then sunny, cool
Jul. 25-29: Sunny, hot
Jul. 30-31: Showers, cool

August 2009

Avg. Temperature: 63.5° (3.5° below avg.)
Precipitation: 4.5" (1" above avg.)
Aug. 1-11: Showers, then sunny, cool
Aug. 12-17: Rainy periods, cool
Aug. 18-24: T-storms, seasonable
Aug. 25-27: Sunny, warm
Aug. 28-31: T-storms, seasonable