The Fergus Falls Daily Journal

Rob Metzinger with the U.S. Postal Service attempts to stay dry during Monday morning’s rain while delivering mail on East Junius Avenue. 1.18 inches of rain fell in Fergus Falls Monday.

A wind storm that blew through Otter Tail County early Saturday morning left a path of downed trees in its wake. There were several reports in and around Fergus Falls and the lakes area of fallen trees. A tree fell on a power feeder, which supplies power to 346 residents in Fergus Falls, at about [...]

CHICAGO — For millions of people enduring this week’s extreme heat and humidity, it feels like they’re living in a pressure cooker. And in a sense, they are. Much of the United States is trapped under a heat “dome” caused by a huge area of high pressure that’s compressing hot, moist air beneath it, leading [...]

AP and Journal reports Midwest residents woke Tuesday to the whir of fans and air conditioners, the soundtrack to an unusually intense heat wave enveloping most of middle America and slowly spreading eastward. From Texas to the Dakotas, and east to Illinois and Indiana, temperatures and humidity levels soared on Monday and were expected to [...]

The hot, sticky weather in Fergus Falls and all around Minnesota isn’t expected to let up any time soon. With a high predicted around 90 degrees, forecasters expect the heat index to climb as high as 105 in Fergus Falls today. The wind won’t be of much help to stay cool today either, as it [...]

Fergus Falls was home to thunderstorms and heavy rainfall overnight, flooding N.P. Park and generally spreading water all around town. Local rainfall measurements were estimated at 1.09 inches.

AP and Journal reports Severe thunderstorms caused heavy damage across southeastern North Dakota and central Minnesota late Sunday evening, leaving hundreds of people without power. The Fergus Falls area was hit with heavy rainfall, but escaped strong winds that struck other areas. Fergus Falls had 1.07 inches of rainfall during a 24-hour period from 7 [...]

HINCKLEY — A recent storm that packed winds of more than 100 mph left hundreds of acres of forest in Minnesota’s premier state park in ruins and damaged historic buildings. And, with many of the state government functions shut down due to a political budget impasse, cleanup of the popular St. Croix State Park could [...]

FARGO — The National Weather Service says a Fourth of July storm that swept through the Red River Valley region spawned at least five tornadoes. Preliminary survey results indicate the tornadoes touched parts of Cass and Traill counties in North Dakota and Norman and Polk counties in Minnesota. The Forum newspaper reports that one tornado [...]

While a storm curtailed many 4th of July fireworks shows in west central Minnesota Monday evening, Mother Nature provided plenty of fireworks as a thunderstorm created a flurry of lightning strikes. This photo was taken from a Fergus Falls residence at about 11:15 p.m. Monday. Stormy weather caused a 60 to 90 minute outage for [...]