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Are fishing openers warmer now than in the past?
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Share on DiggThe Legislature will consider a proposal to open the spring season a week earlier than is now the case. Global warming has been cited as a reason the move can be done without hurting fish, because -- due to rising temperatures -- spawning concludes earlier than it once did. But are mid-May temperatures really that much warmer now?
| MINNEAPOLIS | BRAINERD | INTERNATIONAL FALLS | |||||||
| Precip. | Max temp. | Min temp. | Precip. | Max temp. | Min temp. | Precip. | Max temp. | Min. temp | |
| May 10, 1997 | 0 | 80 | 40 | 0 | 73 | 33 | .05 | 67 | 30 |
| May 9, 1998 | .05 | 79 | 49 | .11 | 64 | 44 | 0 | 70 | 35 |
| May 15, 1999 | .06 | 70 | 54 | .06 | 69 | 47 | T | 68 | 47 |
| May 13, 2000 | .01 | 64 | 40 | 0 | 65 | 36 | .16 | 48 | 35 |
| May 13, 2001 | 0 | 73 | 48 | 0 | 70 | 43 | T | 75 | 38 |
| May 11, 2002 | 0 | 58 | 44 | 0 | 61 | 32 | 0 | 63 | 31 |
| May 10, 2003 | .43 | 58 | 47 | .61 | 48 | 42 | .04 | 53 | 43 |
| May 15, 2004 | 0 | 62 | 38 | 0 | 52 | 27 | 0 | 61 | 24 |
| May 14, 2005 | .06 | 50 | 42 | .05 | 47 | 38 | .12 | 47 | 38 |
| May 13, 2006 | .59 | 54 | 39 | .4 | 43 | 39 | .01 | 55 | 40 |
| May 12, 2007 | 0 | 73 | 50 | .01 | 63 | 44 | 0 | 67 | 30 |
| May 17, 1947 | 0 | 68 | 52 | 0 | 65 | 41 | T | 74 | 44 |
| May 15, 1948 | .1 | 70 | 52 | .21 | 67 | 45 | .35 | 58 | 43 |
| May 14, 1949 | 0 | 72 | 47 | 0 | 66 | 40 | 0 | 52 | 31 |
| May 13, 1950 | 0 | 74 | 48 | .42 | 71 | 37 | T | 67 | 31 |
| May 12, 1951 | 0 | 73 | 45 | 0 | 69 | 41 | 0 | 59 | 32 |
| May 17, 1952 | 0 | 64 | 43 | 0 | 61 | 38 | 0 | 56 | 33 |
| May 16, 1953 | 0 | 66 | 42 | 0 | 67 | 28 | 0 | 61 | 30 |
| May 15, 1954 | T | 75 | 58 | .43 | 72 | 46 | .02 | 66 | 45 |
| May 14, 1955 | 0 | 85 | 55 | 0 | 82 | 50 | 0 | 82 | 53 |
| May 12, 1956 | 0 | 83 | 58 | 0 | 74 | 49 | 0 | 62 | 35 |
| May 18, 1957 | 0 | 49 | 42 | .22 | 47 | 39 | 0 | 63 | 32 |
| Source: National Weather Service; http://climate.umn,edu | |||||||||
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