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Just me or has it been a windy spring in MN areas?

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LindenTree

06/15/2020 07:05PM

I got winded our for a few nites solo on Perent Lake.
I have no data to support my ideas on wind, but it sure seems to be a windy spring.
Last 3 days in Detroit Lakes has been 20-40 mph gusts, Duluth has seemed equally windy this spring when I'm there.

May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.

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missmolly

06/15/2020 07:31PM

It's that way in Maine too, Lindy. And even though it's mid-June, we're still in the fifties to low sixties.

I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.

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MN_Lindsey

06/15/2020 09:45PM

So windy! We've recently purchased a motorboat, and even its pretty windy for that as well!

It's been windy!

“The Wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask.” - Nancy Newhall

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Portage99

06/15/2020 10:48PM

I would definitely agree from my solo trip the first part of June. The gusts were so powerful.

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MHS67

06/15/2020 11:50PM

I guess I will add the central Sierra foot hills on the west coast, to the, windier than normal for this time of year.

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jillpine

06/16/2020 05:59AM

Mark Seeley discussing the wind last week:
windy June

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missmolly

06/16/2020 06:06AM

New England's spring was also windy. I called it the Eternal Wind.

I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.

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DKalis

06/16/2020 07:11AM

It’s been windy here in South Central Minnesota as well.

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Harv

06/16/2020 07:30AM

Ive thought the samething. It's been windy at the house this last month or so.

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Savage Voyageur

06/16/2020 11:27AM

It’s been really windy here too around St Cloud. Kind of hard to land boats at the dock with a 40 mph crosswind. I almost broke my dock hook pulling my pontoon over yesterday.

"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD

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nctry

06/16/2020 02:40PM

It’s just you Linden, the rest of us have blown away.

Nctry

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straighthairedcurly

06/16/2020 03:28PM

Totally agree. Almost no thunderstorms but just windy from sun up to sun down. I have been getting some really good practice with wind in my solo on our local lake. With a kayak paddle, I have safely handled some strong headwinds and tailwinds. I save the single blade for the quiet waters.

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OMGitsKa

06/16/2020 04:47PM

Was listening to MPR said the month of June was higher daily wind averages than normal.

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cyclones30

06/16/2020 10:10PM

We just spent a week on a smaller lake south of Leech, the resort owner said it's been a very windy spring so far. We had 2 extra breezy days but still made it out in the boats for the most part. Would have been some tough paddling those days.

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Pinetree

06/16/2020 10:39PM

Well it is extremely windy lately. Today 94 degrees F. and very strong winds in the Mille lacs area and everything is turning brown. The corn even as short it is I can tell it is starting to curl up.
Talking big rain of 1 inch Thursday? They said that last week also. We will see?

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Zulu

06/17/2020 08:02AM

Very windy all month at the end of The Gunflint Trail. Almost constant the last three weeks even at night. I like it because it keeps the insects grounded but I bet it’s bad for canoeing the bigger lakes like Sea Gull and Saganaga.

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Banksiana