National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

   The Fourth of July Holiday normally features temperatures between 80 and 85 degrees, with lows ranging from the upper 50s to low 60s across central and south central Minnesota and west central Wisconsin. Precipitation has also occurred on about 40 percent of Independence days throughout the historical climate record. Last year, temperatures were near to slightly below normal across the area, with highs ranging from 80 to 83 degrees, and lows in the upper 40s in western Wisconsin to the mid to upper 50s in Minnesota.  More memorable Independence days, weather-wise, include:

*1999: Destructive winds ravaged the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Nineteen people were injured, and millions of trees were downed.

*1972:  Record low temperatures in the 40's were set in many locations

*1967: Record cold low and high temperatures set across much of the area

*1900: Over 2 inches of rain fell in the Twin Cities and Eau Claire

                                                                                                          *M denotes a missing value