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The only mostly normal thing about 2020 in Minnesota? Weather

It was warmer and drier than average, but not without extraordinary events.

By Raymond Grumney

January 8, 2021 at 3:22PM
Lightning illuminated the sky above downtown Minneapolis, as seen from the Lowry Avenue Bridge, on Friday, August 14.
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Raymond Grumney

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Ray Grumney is the news graphics director at the Star Tribune, with a proven 30-year award-winning track record. He is a driven visual journalist focused on developing and implementing high-impact design solutions to sometimes complicated data-driven stories.

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