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Welcome to Minnesota. Here our weather lunges from July heat to an October chill in 24 hours. You can see frigid blue colors shoving the balmy warm colors south of the national temperature map at the top of this post. 

The Twin Cities hit a near-record high of 85 degrees Monday. Then a summery night yielded a record warm overnight minimum temperature of 64 degrees in the Twin Cities early Tuesday morning. 

A sharp cold front has dropped temperatures more than 30 degrees across northern Minnesota Tuesday. 

Case in point. Roseau hit a balmy 75 degrees Monday afternoon. The temperature there as of this post late Tuesday is 43 degrees. That’s 32 degrees colder in 24 hours.

October is running 6 degrees warmer than normal so far in the Twin Cities. Our transition of air masses brings much more seasonable temperatures to Minnesota for the rest of this week. 

The normal high and low temperatures for Wednesday in the Twin Cities are 54 and 38 degrees!

Wednesday morning brings a sharply cooler feel to Minnesota.

Highs Wednesday afternoon under fading October sunshine hover in the 40s north and 50s elsewhere. 

Northern and central Minnesota got a few showers Tuesday. The next passing low-pressure wave brings a better chance of showers to the rest of Minnesota Thursday afternoon. 

Here’s the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NAM 3 km model between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday:

A half inch of rain won’t dent Minnesota’s deepening drought, but it will settle some dust.

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Our record warmth early this week gives way to more seasonal temperatures. 

October weather whiplash: Cold front drops temperatures 30 degrees

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European model (ECMWF) precipitation output

October weather whiplash: Cold front drops temperatures 30 degrees

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