Weather and Climate News

Mid-July weather for the first weekend of October
It’ll be one of the hottest October weekends ever recorded for the state. Highs will be well into the 80s with some low 90s Friday and Saturday. Cooler air finally arrives Monday. 
90 degrees in October? Near-record warmth Friday and Saturday
Balmy breezes continue into the upcoming weekend. Record temperatures are likely around much of Minnesota Friday and Saturday.
Drought conditions return to parts of Minnesota
After months of drought-free conditions across Minnesota, a lack of precipitation has led to the return of moderate drought in several north-central counties.
Record-breaking heat possible Friday into Saturday
Temperatures warm up even more Thursday and especially Friday and Saturday with several records in jeopardy. Some of us will receive rainfall later this weekend followed by cooler air. 
A warm and windy Twin Cities Marathon ahead Sunday
An unseasonably warm air mass will linger into midday Sunday in the Twin Cities.
Dozens killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the Philippines
The death toll was expected to rise from the Tuesday magnitude-6.9 earthquake that trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.
October begins with summerlike heat ahead and potential records
It’ll be another warm day Wednesday for the first day of October. Then it’ll be downright hot by Friday and Saturday with cooler air finally moving in early next week along with potential rain. 
Fall color peaking now in parts of northern Minnesota
Fall colors are peaking now in parts of the north. Peak colors still a couple of weeks away in the Twin Cities.