Twin Cities — What about the weather?
Winter jogger
Worried about the cold and snow? Winter offers great
recreational opportunities. The University's
Center for Outdoor Adventure can get you started
snowboarding, snowshoeing, skiing, ice climbing, or dog sledding.
Rather not venture outside? St. Paul and Minneapolis
downtowns both have skyway systems and the University has a
tunnel and skyway system to keep you out of the elements.
Our first freeze of autumn comes around October 5 and April
28 is the average date for our last frost in spring. Typically,
the first measurable snow falls around November 6, with the
first inch around November 16. The first 1-inch snow cover is
around November 22.
We are in the 30s-40s Fahrenheit (so 1 to 6 degrees
Celsius) and people are switching from the triple layers to
a simple T-shirt around the freezing temperature of the
water!!
Read an international student's impressions of the seasons
in Minnesota.
Cross country skiers
at the Minnesota zoo
Ice skaters
Family walking around
Lake of the Isles
Outside dining
We celebrate winter.
St. Paul has celebrated a
Winter Carnival
for over a hundred years. Minneapolis celebrates with the
Holidazzle parade.
We like our summers, too.
Minneapolis enjoys its
Aquatennial every summer, St. Paul hosts the
Taste of Minnesota, and
the Minnesota State Fair
signals the approach of autumn.
Winter is only one of our four seasons.
In the summer the weather is generally warm and humid. The
average high for July is 84 degrees, but expect to experience
temps in the 90s occasionally during the summer.
The fall brings crisp air, fresh apples (many varieties
produced as part of the University of Minnesota apple breeding
program), and changing leaf colors.
And contrary to the opinion of some natives, Minnesota does
have a spring. It's like a warm and wet winter, but with daffodils
and robins.
Still a little nervous?
Photos courtesy of the The Greater
Minneapolis Convention & Visitors Association.
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