January 23, 1982 - On this Weekend program, Bruce Watson, a consulting meteorologist, discusses the record-setting snowfalls of January 20th and 22nd in the Twin Cities, winter blizzards, and other issues related to winter weather. Watson also answers listener questions.
February 27, 1982 - Local commentator presents a humorous announcement that there will no spring in Minnesota for 1982.
July 3, 1982 - Local commentor Bruce Benidt comments on how we perceive weather in the Midwest.
October 23, 1982 - Local commentator Bruce Benidt details the agonizing experience of waking up in the early morning of a cold wintry Minnesota dawn.
November 30, 1982 - Climatologist Iben Browning speaking to Investment Advisors, Inc., in Bloomington. Browning states a combination of natural forces will cause what he terms a double-dip winter for most of the United States. It will be cold at first with lots of snow, then warm, then cold again late into next spring. For the long term into the next century, Browning predicts that crop growing seasons in many countries will be shortened by a trend to cooler weather in the Northern Hemisphere. Iben Browning holds a PhD degree in zoology, genetics and physiology from the University of Texas, and the author of several books including one titled, "Climate and the Affairs of Man".
November 30, 1982 - Donald Baker, University of Minnesota professor of soil science, and Brian Hanson, of the University of Minnesota Department of Geography, discuss climate predictions. Baker and Hanson also answer listener questions.
December 18, 1982 - On this Weekend program, Bruce Watson, consulting meteorologist, discusses northern lights, winter, and the science of weather. Watson also answers listener questions.
December 28, 1982 - MPR’s Pat Kessler reports on the literal stand still in place for much of the Twin Cities after large snowstorm. Kessler details abandoned cars, shut businesses, no school, a sag to Metrdome roof, and airport closure.
December 28, 1982 - Daryl Sherman, of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, updates travel conditions across the state after winter storm.
June 21, 1983 - MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Byron Paulson, of the National Weather Service, about heavy rainstorms rolling across central part of state.