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Record highs recorded around Minnesota
Posted: Friday, October 20, 2000
It felt like summer again in much of Minnesota on Thursday, as temperatures reached record highs.
At the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the temperature reached 82 degrees at 2 p.m., breaking the previous record of 81 set in 1953.
In St. Cloud, it also reached 81 degrees at 2 p.m., breaking the old record of 79 set in 1947.
In Alexandria, the temperature at the airport reached 79 at 2 p.m. The old record of 78 was set in 1947.