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What a wet October so far

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Mark Seeley is a climatologist and meteorologist at the U.
Mark Seeley is a climatologist and meteorologist at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul.
University of Minnesota

The harvesting of corn and soybeans has been slowed or delayed due to wet weather this month.

So far at least 55 climate stations have reported new daily record amounts of rainfall. Across Minnesota normal October monthly rainfall ranges from 2 to 3 inches, so many locations have already received twice the average amount.