Winter Weather

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With the changing seasons, I'm already starting to see those posts on social media claiming a caterpillar can tell us what to expect this winter in terms of weather. I hate to burst your bubble, but it's an old wives' tale.

Last winter was a record setting winter for snow and a difficult spring for hot holes in the City of St. Cloud. St. Cloud Public Services Director Tracy Hodel indicated last winter they had a lot of overtime costs and pretreatment chemical costs.

Most of the Midwest could experience warmer than normal winters.

Central Minnesota has experienced and continues to experience dangerously cool temperatures this week. Meteorologist Megan Mulford from the National Weather Service in Aberdeen, South Dakota joined me on WJON.

Get ready to bundle up Minnesota this winter as the NOAA winter outlook/prediction just said we can expect "below-normal temperatures" this winter.

An overnight snowfall led to many crashes across the state of Minnesota Saturday and Sunday.

As winter approaches, local school districts are announcing their weather guidelines and procedures.

I swear at the state lines there needs to be signs posted, "abandon hope, all ye who enter here". Someone important needs to add that to the budget for 2020.

November 4th through 8th is Winter Hazard Awareness Week in MN, as the National Weather Service promotes winter safety, and today the focus is winter driving.

Warning: Article contains a depressing weather report and sarcasm.