August 2015 outlook

  July was much wetter than normal in the Twin Cities, but our average temperature for the month finished slightly (four-tenths of a degree) below normal. Our highest temp was 90 degrees on July 17, and our coldest reading was 54 degrees on July 7. The rainfall total at MSP airport was 7.32 inches, which is 3.28 inches above normal. July 2015 was the 7th wettest July in Twin Cities history.

  The August temperature outlook from the Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service shows a slight tendency for below normal temperatures over far southern parts of Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin:

  Our average high temperature in the Twin Cities is 83 degrees on August 1, then slowly drops, hitting 78 degrees on August 31.

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