October 2025 General Discussion

[Powerball]

6 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

said plenty of people. many people are ready for Fall and did not enjoy that weather.

I think multiple things can be true.

Yes, people might be ready for fall, but I highly doubt they were complaining about having a bunch of warm and sunny days in the mean time. 

EDIT: Now if it were truly hot/humid weather, then maybe a different story.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Frost Advisory tonight. Freeze warnings just north. First winterish headline of the season here. 

[madwx]

Only down to 36 at the house.  Will have another chance at a freeze tonight but then it’ll be at least a week before we make a run at it

[IWXwx]

It's gonna take a lot more than 0.06" to break the FWA drought.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

39 at MSP, 34 at the suburban office. Very frosty. 20s outside the urban core.

[Brian D]

Upper teens n 20's for lows this morning. A crisp AM across my area, n others. Radiational cooling really blew the forecast. Much cooler than cast. Another cold one tomorrow AM with freeze warnings out again. Frost/Freeze adv will probably be done after this as growing season is over here now.

[TheClimateChanger]

2 hours ago, IWXwx said:

It's gonna take a lot more than 0.06" to break the FWA drought.

I'd say so with the yearly deficit nearing one foot.

[Spartman]

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SXUS71 KILN 080538
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
138 AM EDT WED OCT 08 2025

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT DAYTON OH...

A RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL WAS SET AT DAYTON OHIO ON OCTOBER 7. 
A TOTAL OF 2.45 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED.

THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD FOR OCT 7 OF 1.72 INCHES...SET IN 1931.

$$

HATZOS

Biblical soaker, for sure. That much rain in one day during the first days of October, is this a harbinger of what's to come later in the month?

[TheClimateChanger]

2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

I'd say so with the yearly deficit nearing one foot.

Quite a different picture for our friend in Dayton, where a daily record rainfall of nearly 2 1/2" of rain converted a small annual deficit into a surplus of nearly 2 inches. This was also the 67th most precipitation for any day on record - dating back to the 19th century!

It may always be sunny in Philadelphia, but it's always cloudy in Dayton.

[sbnwx85]

Frost Advisory tonight. It'll be "low tire pressure light" season before you know it.

[CheeselandSkies]

2 hours ago, sbnwx85 said:

Frost Advisory tonight. It'll be "low tire pressure light" season before you know it.

The one in my Corolla has been stuck on for over a year. I check the tires with a pressure gauge periodically and they are always close to spec, if one is low I pump it up but the light never turns off.

[cyclone77]

Should get the first frost tonight here.

[A-L-E-K]

tons of incredible weather on tap, loving it

[Geoboy645]

Yeah no complaints about the forecast for the next week. Consistent upper 60s and sunny, the perfect October combo. Much better than the June in October weather of last week. And with a hint of a more active storm pattern incoming for the second half of the month for those who are going to go "but it's so boring!"

[SchaumburgStormer]

47 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

tons of incredible weather on tap, loving it

Bonfire and hot tub weather. Love it. 

[michsnowfreak]

Turned my heat on this morning. Woke up to the house at 57F. Low at DTW was 39 or 40 (need to confirm) and the cold spot Ann Arbor at 29F. Light frost over most of the area.

[WestMichigan]

15 hours ago, CheeselandSkies said:

The one in my Corolla has been stuck on for over a year. I check the tires with a pressure gauge periodically and they are always close to spec, if one is low I pump it up but the light never turns off.

Completely off topic but you might want to look into replacing the TPMS sensor(s).

[OrdIowPitMsp]

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. 

[Brian D]

Colors here in town lag behind inland. Running 50%, but cooler, drier wx should speed things up. Warmer wx slowed everything down. I've noticed a lot less geese over town this year so far. Could be a mad rush on the way tho. Or the fires up north caused some realignments of flocks as the they were more located in the central areas of CAN this year. 

[madwx]

Tagged 33 at the house this morning.  Some frost on the roofs 

[WestMichigan]

2 hours ago, Brian D said:

Colors here in town lag behind inland. Running 50%, but cooler, drier wx should speed things up. Warmer wx slowed everything down. I've noticed a lot less geese over town this year so far. Could be a mad rush on the way tho. Or the fires up north caused some realignments of flocks as the they were more located in the central areas of CAN this year. 

Three nights in a row this week right before sundown I saw 70+ geese flying overhead here.  I think the second night was the largest with approximately 100 or so in the group.

[cyclone77]

36 here this morning.  Didn't see any frost.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

On 10/9/2025 at 9:32 AM, Brian D said:

a lot less geese over town this year so far.

Interesting. There have been large flocks hanging at the lake by my house for a few weeks now. 

[Jackstraw]

On 10/7/2025 at 2:54 PM, Stevo6899 said:

While I understand people enjoy the colors, there is nothing else about fall that is appealing. Okay cool enjoy the colors but once that's done, I think most are ready to fast forward to snow.

Well Fall is my favorite time of year. I could care less about the colors but its the feeling in the air when that first big front rolls through and triggers the seasonal change. There's just a feeling in the air as we move through October up to Thanksgiving. The sound of leaves blowing, crunching under the feet as you stroll through the woods. Out in the country (where I live) suddenly opens up as they harvest and you forget how far you could see after a few months of being surrounded by crops. The woods too suddenly open up. Its great just to get in the woods as or after the leaves fall as you can really see all the wildlife getting ready for winter. It's also a great time to canoe or kayak. Ill be heading to Turkey Run State park area to go canoeing. Canoeing or kayaking down rivers in the Fall is the best (so's the fishing).

A lot of this comes from when I was young. My grandfather had a 5 acre garden that we harvested by hand for his veggie stand. The smell of my grandmother canning veggies in October. There are certain spices used more when cooking in the fall. Very distinct smell when your around someone that cooks from the land and not a store. Working out in the giant garden in the early morning with coats on then peeling off layers as the day progressed. There's a smell that plants release when your picking, can't describe it. Those insanely long times of daylight starting to decrease at an ever growing pace. I always notice that more in Fall than in Spring. It's another sign of what's coming. It's anticipation which is a great feeling.

If you're locked up in a city yeah it sux. Get the hell out and go someplace where you can enjoy it. I also enjoy it because it's the first hint of what could come, my second favorite time of year winter.

Anyway Fall is about a lot more than colors. It's in our genes. It's in our instincts. It's the beginning of a celebration as we get ready for another trip around that big ball of light. Yeah, a lot more than colors... to me anyway.

[cyclone77]

A few brief showers shortly after daybreak yielded 0.03" here.  

[A-L-E-K]

24 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

A few brief showers shortly after daybreak yielded 0.03" here.  

Duster days preview

[Brian D]

9 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Interesting. There have been large flocks hanging at the lake by my house for a few weeks now. 

I've just seen smaller flocks here n there. They may have fled further S quicker than hanging here. Maybe the colder wx earlier was responsible. BTW Crosby fire near Finland at 200+ acres now but 35% contained.

[Jackstraw]

On 10/8/2025 at 9:17 AM, IWXwx said:

It's gonna take a lot more than 0.06" to break the FWA drought.

Yeah thats about what we got from this last system. Threaded the needle N and S big time. With no measurable precip until fantasy range on the models here's to hoping the precip rubber band bounces back with sub freezing temps and as snow!

Buddah knows, after last winter, we are way overdue for a bomb storm this coming winter!