Wife and I plus another couple sailed out of Two Harbors on the morning of July 4 some years ago. It was 70 degrees at the ore dock. Barely 40 out on the Big Lake.
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I remember plenty of summer mornings in the forest between Bemidji and Park Rapids. We’d drive into Park Rapids for the sunshine and extra 25 degrees.
The water in the lake was probably barely above freezing. I think its median annual temperature is around 38 degrees. And it seldom gets above 40.