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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 the Twin Cities right now.
I'm not hearing any complaints about this Septemberish warmth in early November!
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Record territory
Our Twin Cities record high temperature for November 5 is 71 degrees.
We could tie or break that record high in the Twin Cities, and much of central and southern Minnesota will top 70 degrees this Saturday afternoon:
Sunday's highs will be slightly cooler, but much warmer than normal:
Warm last November
You might remember that we had an unusually warm early November last year.
Here are the Twin Cities high temps in 2015:
November 1 56 degrees
November 2 70
November 3 71
November 4 62
November 5 65
Our first high temps in the 40s last November were on the 12th and 13th.
The average temperature for November 2015 was 7.6 degrees above normal in the Twin Cities.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport saw 1.3 inches of snow on November 26, 2015, and another 3.8 inches on the 30th.
Next rain chance
A cool front and upper level disturbance will bring a chance of showers to Minnesota Sunday night and Monday:
NOAA’s North American Mesoscale 4 km resolution forecast model shows our Sunday night and Monday shower activity:
Rain totals should be very light in most spots.
Programming note
You can hear my live weather updates on Minnesota Public Radio at 7:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.
