"brutal MN weather" (St. Paul, Edina: living in, statistics, business)

[TimtheGuy]

How about that "horrible" MN weather we always read about in these forums (see 10 day forecast below):


Travel Smart: Flights & Business Travel > Business Travel Forecast > 10-DAY WEATHER for St. Paul, MN (55033)


10-Day Business Travel Forecast for
Hastings, MN (55033)
[ English | Metric ]

Forecast Conditions High/Low °F Precip.
Chance High Temperatures Low Temperatures Precipitation Wind Speed
Today

Apr 27 Partly Cloudy
75°/49° 20%
75°F

Sat
Apr 28 Sunny
75°/53° 10%
75°F

Sun
Apr 29 Partly Cloudy
83°/58° 10%
83°F

Mon
Apr 30 Isolated T-Storms
83°/52° 30%
83°F

Check Flight Delays
Tue
May 1 Partly Cloudy
65°/46° 10%
65°F

Wed
May 2 Mostly Sunny
67°/49° 10%
67°F

Thu
May 3 Partly Cloudy
69°/50° 10%
69°F

Fri
May 4 Partly Cloudy
70°/50° 0%
70°F

Sat
May 5 Sunny
70°/51° 0%
70°F

Sun
May 6 Sunny
71°/52° 0%
71°F

With global warming, it seems like we only have about 2-3 weeks of the bitter cold TOPS, as opposed to the 6 month general perception. As a fisherman and boater, I have all ready been out on the water 6 times this year and it is not even May yet! I will certainly be adding to that count this weekend.

[Lindenin]

True. People tend to assume we are on the same latitude as Winnipeg and Saskatoon. In fact, you got me thinking.... instead of sitting here defending our weather, I'm going to go fishing. I'll be on the water in 5 minutes. Y'all have a nice weekend.

[MsHell]

I believe it depends on what part of MN.

Home Weather Planner for
Grand Marais, MN (55604): April 1st - 7th

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Hi 42°F Hi 41°F Hi 33°F Hi 22°F Hi 26°F Hi 20°F Hi 32°F
Lo 34°F Lo 33°F Lo 16°F Lo 14°F Lo 5°F Lo 7°F Lo 12°F

[midwest456]

what was the average hi/low for this winter so far?

[Edina911]

This was one the coldest winters we've had.
The only thing unaverage was the snowfall.
Which wasn't even that far off the average.

[TimtheGuy]

This was one the coldest winters we've had.
The only thing unaverage was the snowfall.
Which wasn't even that far off the average.

One of the coldest winters ever???? You must be 2 years old or less. It was a mild winter AGAIN with very little snow. I think Edina needs to go through the statistics again.

And for Mshell, why are you living in the past? April 1-7 was nearly a month ago. It was a bit chilly then. Of coarse it was that way for the WHOLE country. Also we may want to remind people where Grand Marias is...Canadian border where very few people live.