Yep two in a row, last year was much snowier but this still counts. Western suburbs have snowcover, for the most part it was white rain here in the city. Warmest autumn so far on record and we still manage our first snowflakes in October.
We’ve transitioned over to snow/sleet in the past 90min. Deck and grass is slush covered but the main band of accumulation setup 40 miles to my west where 3-5” totals appear likely.
Record high of 80 yesterday for Minneapolis. The 2nd latest 80 on record behind 10/31/1950.
Winter storm warnings north of the metro. Someone in central Minnesota will see 3-6 of slushy accumulation tomorrow. My confidence is increasing that at the very least I’ll see first flakes imby tomorrow.
There was a little bit of patchy frost in the northern suburbs this morning.
Driving down to Iowa City this weekend. Expecting spectacular colors along the way.
Appreciate the kind words. I hold myself to the same standard as others in this subforum especially @michsnowfreak so my crappy iPhone 8 pics aren’t up to snuff.
Another dry frontal passage this evening. Gusty NW winds and rapidly falling temperatures. Back to autumn.
I’ll note, the large Swamp White Oak outside our house went from mostly green to post peak in 4 days. Yesterday it was peak color and today brown and dropping leaves. Trees aren’t holding the color as long this year and dropping leaves rather quickly.
84 here this afternoon.
Yes i am awful at taking pictures.
81 today. Just a few degrees shy of the record of 83.
Every few days I like to throw it out there that Minneapolis has seen 0.06” of precipitation since August 30th
Squeezed out a Trace of precipitation overnight.
Can’t believe there are more 80s on tap here Sun/Mon. Record highs very much in play. Summer continues.
My parents live in a townhome in Highland Park a little over a quarter mile from the lake. Dad just sent me a picture of some frozen stuff that fell there this morning.
Cloudiness prevented us from dropping below 36 in Minneapolis last night.
By November I’ll be hoping it’s frozen, but anything helps at this point. We had a few sprinkles today but nothing measurable. Felt like a true autumn day, temps in the lower 50s and gusty winds taking lots of leaves off the trees.