Summer Weather Forecast For Maple Grove: See Predictions

MAPLE GROVE, MN — With the official start of summer just weeks away, planning has begun for the residents of the Twin Cities who look forward to the warmer weather and increased opportunity for outdoor fun.

Specific, long-term weather predictions can help with that planning, and the private weather company AccuWeather has released its 2021 summer weather forecast.

Daily forecasts for Maple Grove are listed until early August. After that, AccuWeather lists the historical average temperature for the rest of the summer.

May through July is forecasted to be extremely dry in the Twin Cities metro area. However, there are no 90 degree days in the forecast through early August.

Maple Grove's summer forecast

• The highs for most of May will be in the high 60s and low 70s. Overnight lows will primarily be in the 40s and 50s.
• The highs in June will be in the high 70s and low 80s. Lows will mostly be in the 60s.
• July looks similar to June, though with highs each day approaching 90.
• August will start off with highs in the low 80s, with overnight lows dropping to the mid-60s.

Nationally, AccuWeather predicts an eventful summer similar to the 2020 season, which brought record-breaking deaths and damage in the form of wildfires and hurricanes.

Meteorologists are also expecting the return of derechos, a weather phenomenon sometimes referred to as an “inland hurricane.” The term became more widely known about last summer when one swept through Iowa with winds faster than 100 miles per hour on August 10.

“We are still very nervous about the possibility of derechos developing based on the pattern that we’re forecasting” Paul Pastelok, AccuWeather’s chief long-range forecaster, said in a statement.

This year, the most extreme weather is expected in the early fall, Pastelok added.

Although the number of tropical storms is predicted to be down from recent years, AccuWeather says tornadoes are likely to be on the rise from May until July.

Pastelok said anywhere from 1,300 to 1,400 tornadoes could be reported by the end of the year, a slight increase from 2020.

“Across the Plains, we’re still going to be watching for the possibility of a flare-up of storms, mainly central areas on north during the month of May, June and early July,” Pastelok said in a statement.

These storms are expected to extend farther east than normal, Pastelok added, due to drought conditions that range from Montana to the Texas Panhandle.