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Slow motion autumn: 60s again Thursday
Noevmber Lite Our slow motion autumn and descent into winter continues. Fitting for a year that’s coming in as one of the warmest and wettest on record for Minnesota, and the second warmest on recrod for the USA. ICYMI January–October 2016 was the second warmest such period for the contiguous United States: https://t.co/qDltABAcAA #StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/lJHaV9Vorn…
Pleasant Election Day weather
We saw highs in the 60s over most of Minnesota this Monday, with 65 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport. That was cooler than the 70s of this past weekend, but still 19 degrees warmer than our average high temp for November 7th! We’ll have plenty of sunshine for voting tomorrow, with Tuesday high temps…
September in November
My wife and I are still watering our geraniums, and most lawns in the Twin Cities area are still green. I noticed plenty of golfers on the public courses during my travels yesterday, and there were lots of people walking and biking around our city lakes. This weather makes it hard to believe that our average high temperature is only 48 degrees in…
November warmth
If you love sunshine and warm temperatures, you’ll love this forecast. November heating bills will be kept in check, as our unusually warm weather continues. Our average high temperature for today is 48 degrees in the Twin Cities. We have a shot at 70 degrees today, and the Twin Cities NWS office notes that our November warmth will…