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There’s nothing creepy or scary about today’s weather. 

Halloween 2021 will feature highs in the 40s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Our average Twin Cities high temp is 50 degrees on Oct. 31 so we’ll be a bit cooler than normal.  It’ll be breezy across Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with afternoon wind gusts of 20-28 mph.

Far northern Minnesota and parts of northwestern Wisconsin could see a passing rain or snow shower.

Temps at 7 p.m. Sunday are expected to be in the 30s in many areas, and close to 40 degrees from the Twin Cities into southeastern Minnesota:

Here are Sunday evening temperature and wind forecasts for several locations, from the NWS:

Wind gusts will be a bit higher than the sustained winds in the forecast.

The Duluth NWS office has posted this forecast of Halloween evening weather:

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News 

, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News 

30th anniversary of the Halloween blizzard

You might have heard about the 1991 Halloween blizzard. It’s hard to avoid hearing about that epic storm, as MPR’s Nancy Yang recently 

The Minnesota State Climatology Office has posted a 

 of the storm, which began on October 31, 1991 and lasted into the first few days of November. According to the Climatology Office:

Here’s the snowfall map from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3 of 1991:

The daily snow totals in the Twin Cities were 8.2 inches on Oct. 31, 18.5 inches on Nov. 1, then 1.1 inch on Nov. 2 and 0.6 of an inch on Nov. 3 of 1991, for a storm total of 28.4 inches.

A recap of the blizzard, compiled by the Duluth NWS office, can be found 

Monday highs will be in the 30s north, with 40s south:

Wind gusts to 20 mph are possible Monday afternoon. Parts of northern Minnesota could see a few scattered light snow showers on Monday.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be around 40 Tuesday and Wednesday, then lower 40s Thursday and mid 40s on Friday. It still looks like a fairly dry week. We could see some highs in the 50s next weekend. 

 from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources shows fall colors past peak in the dark-red shaded areas of Minnesota:

The percentage of changeover to fall colors is between 75 percent and 100 percent in the medium-red shaded areas of southeastern Minnesota.

Keep in mind that all deciduous trees are included in the fall color report, not just maples.

I’m still seeing small pockets of excellent fall color in parts of the Twin Cities:

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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