Camping with the family east of Hinckley MN along the St. Croix river this weekend. Colors are peaking now and it’s been in the mid 20s for lows there the past two nights so the bugs should be done too.
Record high of 91 at MSP. This is the latest occurrence in the year of a 90+ temperature on record for Minneapolis.
Presumably we will also set a record high min of 72 today as well.
87 both yesterday and today at MSP. Temps actually underperformed a bit today versus guidance.
Tomorrow is our best shot at an October 90 with blast furnace winds from the south.
Extension of summer here for sure. It has been 90 or warmer a grand total of 3 times in October in Minneapolis. We could add 2 this year. The all time warmest overnight low for the month could be in jeopardy too.
I still think we see a dusting of snow by Halloween.
Extended looks warm and dry. We’ll probably continue with highs in the 70s until the inevitable sharp cold front and first flakes around October 18-20th. Seems to happen like that almost every year around here.
St. Helena’s Church puts on an Autumn Daze festival every year with a parade that goes down our street. Our block makes a big party out of it. Kids and adults love a good parade.
We haven’t turned ours on yet, the house has been staying around 65-67 with the windows closed and lows in the mid 40s down here. Natural gas fireplace has been flipped on though.
There’s an outside chance Minnesota sees it’s earliest accumulating snow on record. September 14th 1964 0.3” fell at International Falls, so if anything accumulates the record will be shattered.