| Excerpts from the Star Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota November 23 to December 4, 1998 No weather turkeys Monday, November 23, 1998 Brian Jarvis When a strong jet stream blows in from the Pacific, the result can be a mild weather pattern for Minnesota. As a case in point, the Twin Cities achieved a modern-day record high Sunday of 59 degrees. The record was 60 degrees, set way back in 1867. Is this Indian summer? Yes! By definition, it is a period of abnormally warm weather in mid- to late autumn. That certainly qualifies. Thankful fore! Tuesday, November 24, 1998 Chuck Haga On an unusually warm Nov. 23, it took no time for golfers to realize, of course, that it was a great day for a Monday drive. A few metro-area courses had banner days. Smooth sailing Wednesday, November 25, 1998 Paul Douglas Every month in 1998 has set a record for the warmest weather ever observed, on a global scale. And now this: Normally, our Thanksgiving travel reports focus on which roads will be covered with snow or ice. This year the big question is convertible top up or down, sunroof open or shut, and can I really get away with a sweatshirt later this week? The answer is an incredulous yes. The sheer persistence of this Pacific breeze is what's impressive. Normally we warm up, only to be clobbered with snow and cold Winter chill takes a holiday Thursday, November 26, 1998 Howard Sinker Turkey on the Weber? Touch football on the parkway? Shopping in sweatshirts on Friday? These are scenes that can play out when Thanksgiving feels more like summer than Christmas. Even with no heat, it was warm in bleachers At Holidazzle, the weather is one star of the show Saturday, November 28, 1998 Paul Levy Kathy Suddendorf knew her Holidazzle Hot Seat was a hot ticket Friday night. And that feeling -- along with record temperatures --was enough to keep her cozy after spending $150 for a ``heated'' seat that never had to be heated. Holiday mood goes tropical Sunday, November 29, 1998 Kristin Tillotson Twin Citians are shopping for seasonal decorations in sandals, shorts and convertibles. Springlike Sunday proves weather was no turkey for holiday weekend Monday, November 30, 1998 Pamela Miller An enchanted.....November? An unlikely December Tuesday, December 1, 1998 Paul Douglas The West Coast is being punished by high winds, valley rains and mountain snows, while Europe is in a deep freeze, shivering through some of the coldest weather in decades. But for much of the United States, the weather report is eliciting one collective yawn. And a few smiles. Heating bills will be a fraction of the normal cost, and less snow and ice means big savings on sand and salt. As the calendar turned to December, much of the country dressed for spring Wednesday, December 2, 1998 Associated Press Golf courses were packed in Indiana, tennis courts were mobbed in Pennsylvania and people strolled past the Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Center in T-shirts as record-breaking warm weather settled in across the eastern two-thirds of the United States.
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