Gloomy start to first full week of 2026.
Quiet and mild with highs above freezing through Thursday.
Large winter storm to impact the Central Plains to Upper Great Lakes next weekend, greatest potential for accumulating snow locally is across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
Happy New Year!! The week will start with a slippery start, with some rain possible Monday into Tuesday. Good news for Zumbrota, the temperatures will be just barely warm enough to keep the precipitation type as rain, and not freezing rain/ice like neighbors to the north.
Once the Tuesday system departs, we will be mild and dry with temperatures climbing into the mid 30s to low 40s Wednesday and
Thursday. Wednesday looks to be the warmer of the two days, with a break from the persistent stratus.
Heading into late week, the next shot at accumulating snow for eastern Minnesota and much of Wisconsin for Friday night into Saturday. This system has shown consistency in the models for a few days already, with the majority of model guidance continuing to highlight precipitation amounts of 0.25-0.50. With the coinciding temperature forecast showing temperatures in the 20s to low 30s, this next system will likely be all snow (versus a mixed precipitation event) meaning a forecast for 2.5"-5" assuming a 10:1 snow to liquid ratio.
This late week/early weekend system is still far enough out for details to wobble, and Monarch will update if it looks like it will be a higher-impact storm for Zumbrota.
Kathryn Prociv, CCM
*Forecast is subject to change, especially beyond 48 hours. An updated forecast will be provided if there is a significant change in the forecast.
Use the gray arrows next to "Day-by-day forecast" to click through the frost risk forecast for the next four days starting with the first risk for tonight/tomorrow morning.
