Brian D Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Nice start to the month. THHS's Homecoming game is this Friday, and it looks like a summery day with highs in the 70's. BTW, my grandson and his girlfriend were crowned King n Queen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 things are going to definitely get more active starting next week. enjoy the summer temps while you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 High clouds kept temps in check today here, with only 84. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Drought conditions showing up on satellite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted October 2 Author Share Posted October 2 8 minutes ago, IWXwx said: Drought conditions showing up on satellite. Are the corn fields harvested? If not, looks like dried out corn that's ready to be. Regardless, it has been dry your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Drought conditions showing up on satellite. don’t fall for that social media post going around.that’s just the crops fading and being harvested. literally looks like that every year around this time. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Yeah you can't "see" drought from space. However the crops are crispy especially soybeans which have been a crispy brown for 3-4 weeks. I noted significant browning over the midwest from those geo-color sat pics a month ago. Some of it is crops, some of it is bare earth from early harvest. I will say its definitely a very very dry harvest/ If they running through soybean field in the evenings the dust lingers along the ground so thick you can only see a couple hundred feet when you drive through it, for maybe a half mile. Early afternoon you can see huge clouds of dust riding the thermals into the air from the combines. Its eerily got a scifi look to it from Dune lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 5 hours ago, IWXwx said: Drought conditions showing up on satellite. Thats mostly harvest or crops close to it. Does it every year though rarely all at once as of late. One thing around here, farmers that got flooded out early summer and raced to re-plant are being re-warded with this weather. Its mostly soybeans that they did that as its harder to recover corn. But there are huge swaths of still green growing soybeans in fields and they are harvesting around them hoping for another 3 weeks before a frost shunts them/ It was a big gamble but many lost so many crops in that couple of weeks of intense flooding it was worth the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IWXwx Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 7 hours ago, Brian D said: Are the corn fields harvested? If not, looks like dried out corn that's ready to be. Regardless, it has been dry your way. 5 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: don’t fall for that social media post going around. that’s just the crops fading and being harvested. literally looks like that every year around this time. 1 hour ago, Jackstraw said: Yeah you can't "see" drought from space. However the crops are crispy especially soybeans which have been a crispy brown for 3-4 weeks. I noted significant browning over the midwest from those geo-color sat pics a month ago. Some of it is crops, some of it is bare earth from early harvest. I will say its definitely a very very dry harvest/ If they running through soybean field in the evenings the dust lingers along the ground so thick you can only see a couple hundred feet when you drive through it, for maybe a half mile. Early afternoon you can see huge clouds of dust riding the thermals into the air from the combines. Its eerily got a scifi look to it from Dune lol. 1 hour ago, Jackstraw said: Thats mostly harvest or crops close to it. Does it every year though rarely all at once as of late. One thing around here, farmers that got flooded out early summer and raced to re-plant are being re-warded with this weather. Its mostly soybeans that they did that as its harder to recover corn. But there are huge swaths of still green growing soybeans in fields and they are harvesting around them hoping for another 3 weeks before a frost shunts them/ It was a big gamble but many lost so many crops in that couple of weeks of intense flooding it was worth the risk. Thanks guys. I'm sure you're right. I know the soybeans are being harvested, but still quite a few corn fields around here that's still pretty green, but drying rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 I'd say about 75% of the crops around here have been harvested already. One big plus of having no rain in a month is everything dried out nicely for the harvest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 They've been hitting the corn hard while it still has some green around here. I'd imagine its farmers trying to get a good price as the number of industrial drying silo's around here have been going up like crazy, maybe 2 or 3 every 5 sq miles. The commodities market for grain is bit volatile right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 what type of tree is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 Some scattered shwrs/stms blossomed around my area last night. 0.20" from that. Looks like the lawn will have to be mowed one last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 This type of wx is possible up my way this time of year. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 I've created a new loop including all 500mb maps last month (it's 24-hour daily anomalies) https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Sep_2025_500mb_loop.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 It's October 3rd and still banging off 90 degree days. Hit 90 at MLI and DVN today, 91 here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Yesterday, Toledo had a high of 86, low of 48. 86 is close to the record of 90, and 48 is one degree below normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Caved and turned on the ac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Seems like not too long ago we had endless 80 degree dewpoint days. And now we have this.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Where are you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndTenn Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 On 10/2/2025 at 7:21 PM, Chinook said: what type of tree is this? Hibiscus syriacus, aka rose-of-sharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 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. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 Today was the first breezy day in a long time. It seems like the last month has been dead calm almost every day. It has been extremely warm, but it's very different than the heat a couple months ago. If the sun goes behind a cloud or the wind kicks up, it's suddenly comfortable. Also, by late afternoon it's already cooling off. By evening, it feels amazing. There is a big construction project by my house that has been ongoing since July, in which tens of thousands of yards of soil has been excavated and moved around. They have been very lucky to have such dry weather over the last several weeks. They are about to start work on the end of my street. Hopefully, they can get it done before the weather becomes more active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 It was in the low to mid 70s in the western UP at 530am. That would be incredible warmth in July at that time of night let alone early October. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 We're on day 3 out of 4 of above 28C/82.5F highs with Sat reaching 30C! I was irked in Sept that we didn't have any highs above 25C; I needed more and Oct delivers. Last week 4 out of 7 days had few if any clouds too, crazy. Low was 17C, it was nice waking up without feeling cold in t-shirt and shorts. That low is higher than the daytime avg high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hawkeye_wx Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 We have underperformed a fair amount this weekend. On Friday the NWS had 91º in the forecast for both Sat/Sun. However, yesterday we only hit 86º and today we are stuck at 83º. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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