Author Archives: Cheryl Hanson

Minnesota Weather Creates New Records Spring 2012

News from spring 2012 has created new records of warm weather across the midwest, and in parts of Minnesota, three days in a row created three separate warm weather records for Minneapolis and St. Paul.  Normal high temperatures for March … Continue reading

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Does the Siberian Weather with its Polar Wind Stream Affect North American Weather?

The impact of global weather, particularly polar wind, is now only being considered, as the many areas of the world seem to be changing with the warmer and colder weather we have been seeing in the last few years.  It … Continue reading

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Winter in Alaska 2011-2012 is a Doozy

Winter in Alaska is always been a tricky and dangerous time for the largest state in America.  It is the time when most hardy Alaskans use their considerable extreme weather skills, and come up with ways to deal with the … Continue reading

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Halloween Storm Minneapolis 1991

Halloween Storm Survivors: Where Were You in Minnesota? Hearing the news about the 12 inches of snow in Colorado this week, and now the Halloween storm out east with over 20 inches of snow in some parts of the east … Continue reading

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North Carolina Tornados Kill 40

The weather in the southeast has been deadly in the last 24 hours, and many stores, buildings and homes have been destroyed with wild tornadoes and straight line winds. Over 40 people have been declared dead over the storms, which … Continue reading

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Parts of Ohio Flooding, Indiana Tornados

Over the last 12 hours, parts of Ohio have experienced flooding, and torrential over flow of rivers and waters near the Ohio river.  As well, the state of Indiana, experienced the first strong spring storm of the year, with over … Continue reading

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Record Winter Snowfall

At our house, it has been a wild winter ride!  On November 13th, we got a huge start to the snowy winter, with over a foot of snow.  It was an early storm for us in Minnesota, so it was … Continue reading

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Spring is on Its Way

It is seemingly stuck in winter right now, but soon, the temperatures will climb, due to the increased amount of sunlight we receive in the Northern Hemisphere, this time of year. With this increase, the sun is just as warm … Continue reading

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Winter Snow and Flooding

With all the snow we have received this winter, there is a real challenge ahead of us all, and it involves the threat for flooding.  Hopefully, over the next few weeks, we will see an increase of gentle temperature climb, … Continue reading

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February Record Snow

February 20th Snowfall Prior Lake Minnesota On February 20 and 21st, we had a record dump of snow, over 14 inches in total.  The snowfall record for the month of February was broken, and now there is a new record … Continue reading

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