UNDATED (WJON News) — The Climate Prediction Center has released its weather outlook for the month of August for Minnesota.

They say the temperatures should be pretty close to normal in Minnesota.

Here in St. Cloud, the average high temperature to start the month is about 82 degrees.  By the end of the month, our average high temperature is about 77 degrees.

The Weather Channel’s forecast is calling for temps to be well above normal to start the month with a few highs close to 90 degrees.  But, look for highs below normal in the 70s starting next week and lasting through at least the first half of the month.

The Climate Prediction Center says we should be above normal for rainfall in August here in Minnesota.

St. Clouod Averages about 3.68 inches of rain in August.

Our next best chance for rain is on Monday.  Otherwise, the Weather Channel’s forecast is mostly dry in the first half of the month.

In July, St. Cloud officially had 4.11 inches of rain, which is a half inch above normal.  For the summer months, St. Cloud has had 10.31 inches of rain, which is nearly 3 inches above normal.

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HUDSON, Wis. — A Minnesota man convicted in the slaying of a high school student and stabbings of four other people who were tubing on a western Wisconsin river was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison.

A judge also ordered Nicolae Miu, 54, to serve six years of extended supervision following his release from prison in the July 2022 stabbings along the Apple River in St. Croix County, which sits along Wisconsin’s state line with Minnesota.

A jury convicted Miu, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, in April of first-degree reckless homicide, four counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and one count of battery.

Prosecutors had sought a 70-year prison term for Miu in the stabbing attack that killed Isaac Schuman, 17, of Stillwater, Minnesota, and wounded four others. The stabbing took place as Miu and the victims were tubing along the Apple River in separate groups.

Investigators said Miu attacked after people accused him of approaching children in the water. Miu told investigators that he was using a snorkel and goggles to look for a lost cellphone. He told investigators he felt threatened and acted in self-defense.

Miu pulled out a knife and began stabbing people after he was taunted by Schuman and his friends, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported, citing court documents.

St. Croix County District Judge R. Michael Waterman said two of the victims who survived their stab wounds would have died without the prompt help of other tubers and emergency responders. He said all of the survivors “suffered permanent disfigurement.”

Waterman said Miu “made a series of very poor decisions” after being “confronted with words and boorish taunts and insults.”

“He fled the scene, leaving his victims to die while casually floating by them and emergency workers as if nothing had happened,” the judge said, noting Miu was arrested as he tried to leave the scene in his car.

Miu’s attorney, Aaron Nelson, asked the court for a “measured response” in its sentence. He said the defense understands and appreciates the “heartbreaking loss” of the Schuman family and other victims.