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Like other parks or wilderness areas in the northern part of the
U.S., you need to be prepared for all kinds of weather. The Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) is a very large wilderness
area and can have different weather forces acting upon it in different
capacities. One of the most famous was the Blowdown of July 4th,
1999 in which a freak storm damaged almost 400,000 acres of Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) forest. That is an incredible
amount of acreage! The cause for this was not your standard summer
storm. This was a "derecho", which is a long lived and
large straight line windstorm with sustained winds of over 58
MPH. Derecho storms are most common in the U.S. There's not much
you can do to prepare for a derecho. For trips in the BWCAW summer,
make sure you have appropriate first aid, waterproof gear and
a packable warm layer just in case. Winter of course presents
it's own set of challenges.
Temps:
January: minus 16 to 34 degrees
April: 28 to 58 degrees
July: 56 to 74 degrees
October: 22-60 degrees
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