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Great sleeping weather begins this month

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It's the best weather of the year, physiologically speaking.

Temperatures in September and October tend to be cool and the air is dry. MPR News' Phil Picardi talked to University of Minnesota professor emeritus Mark Seeley about this week in weather.

One listener wants to know if there's any connection between hurricane season and nice weather here in the Upper Midwest — there's not. They also talk about how warmer sea temperatures are adding fuel to tropical storms and hurricanes like Hurricane Florence.

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