Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern portion of the United States. It's mostly land locked & geographical location allows it to experience some of the widest variety of weather in the nation, both in temperature and precipitation. There are four distinct climatological seasons, with wild variations in the weather possible at any time. Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it always lies within the US Census Bureaus definition of the Midwest and the states of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ...

A train stuck in snow in southern Minnesota, March 29, 1881

Minnesota endures temperature extremes characteristic of its continental climate, with cold winters and mild to hot summers in the south and frigid winters and generally cool summers in the north. Without the climate-moderating benefits of large bodies of water, except for highly localized effects near Lake Superior, temperatures in Minnesota vary widely, especially with variations in the short-term jet stream patterns and polar fronts. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A continental climate is the climate typical of the middle-latitude interiors of the large continents of the Northern Hemisphere in the zone of westerly winds; similar climates exist along the east coasts (but not the west coasts) of the same continents, and also at higher elevations in certain other... Lake Superior (known as Gichigami in an Ojibwe language), bounded by Ontario and Minnesota to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan in the south, is the largest of North Americas Great Lakes. ... Jet streams are fast flowing, relatively narrow air currents found in the atmosphere at around 12 km above the surface of the Earth, just under the tropopause. ... In meteorology, a Polar Front is the boundary between the polar cell and the Ferrel cell in each hemisphere. ...

Temperature extremes range from a low of -60 °Fahrenheit (-51 °C) measured at Tower in the north on February 2, 1996,^[1] to highs of 114 °F (45.5 °C) reached in both 1917 and 1936 in the western part of the state.^[2] The average temperature in the coldest month, January, is 11.2 °F (-11.5 °C), and the average in the warmest month, July, is 73.1 °F (22.8 °C). Averages are cooler in the north and warmer in the south. Tower is a city located in St. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Snowfall averages 49.6 inches (126 cm) statewide; averages range from about 85 inches at Duluth to 40 inches in southwestern portions of the state.^[3] Snowfall extremes have ranged from 150 inches in the rugged Superior Highlands of the North Shore to as little as 10 inches in southern Minnesota. Animation of snowcover changing with the seasons. ... Duluths canal connects Lake Superior to the Duluth-Superior harbor and the St. ... In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the Northern Highland is a geographical region covering the much of the state’s northern territory. ... The North Shore of Lake Superior runs from Duluth, Minnesota, USA in the southwest to Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada in the north to Sault Ste. ...

Minnesota experiences dangerous wind chills and blizzards during its long winters; the most notable of these is the 1991 Halloween Blizzard which dumped 21.0 Inches of snow in 24 hours and broke several local records. Occasional thunderstorms hit the state the rest of the year, averaging 30–40 days of thunderstorm activity per year.^[4] Minnesota is located on the northern edge of Tornado Alley, and peak tornado activity is from June through August. On average, the state has 24 tornado hits per year.^[5] Total precipitation averages range from 20–35 inches across the state, with the most in the southeast and the least in the northwest.^[6] Wind chill is the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human (or animal) body due to the combination of air temperature and wind speed. ... ground blizzrds are found in Wyoming,Monatana,New York, and Swizerland // [edit] Headline text Look up Blizzard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A shelf cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over Enschede, The Netherlands. ... hiiiiiiiiiiii Tornado Activity in the United States Tornado Alley is a colloquial term most often used in reference to the area of the United States in which tornadoes are most frequent. ... A tornado in central Oklahoma. ...

The heaviest winds in the state are found on the Buffalo Ridge, or Coteau des Prairies, a flatiron-shaped area extending from Watertown, South Dakota, diagonally across southwestern Minnesota and into Iowa. Created by two lobes of a glacier parting around a pre-existing plateau during the (Pleistocene) Ice Age, the Buffalo Ridge is ideal for wind power generation, with average wind speeds of 16.1 miles per hour (26.8 kph).^[7] Wind is the roughly horizontal movement of air (as opposed to an air current) caused by uneven heating of the Earths surface. ... The Coteau des Prairies: orange arrows indicate paths of the two lobes of the glacier around either side of the formation. ... An iron Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool to remove wrinkles from washed clothes. ... Watertown is a city in Codington County, South Dakota, USA. The population was 20,237 at the 2000 census. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Pleistocene epoch (IPA: ) is part of the geologic timescale. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... Wind farm in Neuenkirchen, Dithmarschen, Germany. ...

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