Severe weather season in the upper Midwest is just about over now that the cooler weather is settling in.

From the start, it seemed like this summer was going to be a busy one with severe storms. It was May 15 when seven tornadoes hit Minnesota and western Wisconsin including an EF-2 in New Richmond.

Then in June, a combination of warm, humid air and strong winds led to a derecho — a long duration damaging wind storm on on the early morning of June 21 that blasted Bemidji and northern Minnesota with winds between 100 and 120 mph.

"The number one event in terms of weather events all year long, not just in the severe weather season, is that Bemidji blow down," said Kenny Blumenfeld, senior climatologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

As expected, June was the bus

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