Yes, last November had a few nice warm days. MKE set a record high of 77 on 11/10 and a record warm min of 60 same day. It was the latest calendar day in the season EVER that MKE remained above 60 during all reporting hours. Another record.
2020 had 3 record highs in November and 1 record warm minimum (63) which is the warmest record minimum for the month of November.
Well tonight the coconut palm, spindle palm, foxtail palm and flamethrower palm get to be wheeled back into the greenhouse for the winter. Was a good run for tropical palms as I never expect them to be outdoors much longer than September 10-15.
MKE probably would have tagged 90 today for warmest October day ever if lake breeze didn’t kick in. Oh well. Registered 85 on my PWS so definitely top shelf October day. Definitely still palm tree weather.
Sept 2023 will set record for 53 as the coldest it got all month in MKE. Every other September has had a colder night than that. 2019 was #2 and 2021 was #3 on that list as well. Which is clearly forming a pattern of rapid warming.
And we will begin October with one of the warmest on records as well. If people aren't having a "lightbulb" moment about what's going on, I don't know how to help them.
This El Nino is going to split the jet stream keeping the polar jet north of Lake Superior nearly all of winter. What's going on in Siberia and northern Canada isn't going to be much relevant because of that.