Rain clouds threatened as my husband and I headed south into St. Paul late Saturday afternoon.
IN MINNESOTA, WE OBSESS about the weather. More than elsewhere? I don’t know because I have lived in this northern state my entire sixty years of life.
Just out of St. Paul, the sky unleashed torrents of rain.
But weather has such an impact on our daily lives from the snowstorms of winter to the thunderstorms of summer that we take great importance in weather forecasts. And weather talk. If there’s nothing else to talk about, there’s always the weather.
Shortly thereafter, we came upon a weather related crash along 35E. The entire front of this car, left, was smashed. Traffic snarled, apparently for a crash farther away. That was cleared by the time we arrived.
A wash-out Saturday was not predicted, as I recall. But then I do tend to fall asleep during the 10 p.m. news, about the time the weather person appears on-screen with charts and maps and Doppler radar.
South of Burnsville, the clouds continued to build as we drove Interstate 35 toward Faribault.
Here in southeastern Minnesota, clouds and rain prevailed on Saturday, impacting outdoor events. I was snug in a first-ring north metro suburban home with my sweet 4-month-old granddaughter while the skies drizzled and the clouds built in to a torrent of rain upon my departure.
Westbound on Minnesota State Highway 99 west of Shieldsville early Sunday afternoon.
As drenching as Saturday was, Sunday was not.
I captured this side mirror image late Sunday afternoon along a rural county road between Ottawa and Le Center.
The day yielded sunshine and scattered white clouds puffed against a blue sky. No rain. Just cool temps without humidity. Truly glorious.
Driving home from an event in St. Peter (I’ll post about that tomorrow), we came across this pick-up truck broken down along a rural county road near Ottawa. The driver was waiting for a tow truck. Sunday was a much better day to break down than during the Saturday rain.
It was a good day to talk about the weather.
© Copyright 2016 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
As we say here in New England “Don’t like the weather? Wait a minute!”
Oh, we say that in Minnesota also.
I’m not surprised given your last post..
Saturday was a classic rainy day; a day to get a few things down around the house, lounge and relax. Sunday was absolutely fantastic and maybe a bit chilly, but I’ll take that over 90 and humid any day.
I don’t appreciate heat and humidity either. Sunday, in my opinion, was weather perfect.
We have gotten used to the rain here. My best weather forecast is to walk outside and see what the weather is doing. 🙂
That’s certainly the most accurate weather indicator.
I think in most agricultural areas people are prone to talk about the weather. The weather dictates my day here – whether I’m indoors or outdoors, and if I’m outdoors what tasks and chores I set out to do. That way I can be like every other farmer in the land – griping about the weather and blaming my work woes on it!! Ha ha!
You nailed it with your comment.
“In Minnesota we obsess about the weather.” Spot on.
We do.
I went from the high desert to sun and sand – dry to humid – when it rains here it rains here as well as thunders and lots of lightening. Still getting use to it and like every place I have lived just wait 5 minutes and the weather will change. Good water shoes and a giant umbrella is key to staying dry. Especially in the mornings in being professionally dressed – not fun being wet and looking like a hot mess – ha! Happy Day – Enjoy 🙂
It’s a beautiful day here in Minnesota on this Monday. That’s my weather talk.
It is Sunny and 89 here 🙂
Too hot for me. Humid, too, I bet.
Humidity is good today – less than 70%.
Seventy percent to me sounds high.
Ah, yes, the wet Saturday prompted us to put off going to the farmers’ market until Sunday. We ended up cleaning out the laundry room and taking stuff to Goodwill! Sunday was the perfect day for a cookout, so that’s what we did. As I work in my office today, I’m listening to the wind.
Your cleaning sounds like an ideal project for a rainy Saturday. And cooking out on Sunday, perfect. Yes, the wind blows strong today, drying my laundry on the line and swaying the phlox outside my office window.
Our weather over here in Illinois was much the same. We had rain off and on all day Saturday (with bits of sun too). Then Sunday was glorious — cooler, partly cloudy, beautiful blue sky. Same today. Love it!
Ditto. Love it.
I like your mirror reflection picture. Sunday was beautiful. My house needed a good airing out
I try to come up with new and creative ways to photograph.
I think a lot of houses needed airing out after being closed up with the air on. I always prefer flung open windows to air conditioning.