October started out really nice, with plenty of sunshine and temperatures well above normal. In the Twin Cities, we enjoyed highs in the 70s on 6 of the first 11 days. Our warmest day was October 10th, with a high of 78 degrees. The second half of October featured much cooler weather. We saw highs in the 40s on 7 days, and the high was only 39 degrees on October 23! The warm start and cool finish resulted in an average temperature for October 2013 that was very near normal…just two-tenths of a degree above normal.
Looking ahead, the November outlook from the Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service doesn’t show a tendency for either above-normal or below normal temperatures over Minnesota and Wisconsin :
In case you’re wondering, our average high in the Twin Cities is 50 on November 1, dropping to 33 by November 30. Hope you have a great month!
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