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St. Helena’s Church puts on an Autumn Daze festival every year with a parade that goes down our street. Our block makes a big party out of it. Kids and adults love a good parade.

Looks likely we bag a late season 90 at MSP this weekend.

Very dense fog this AM. Airport has had visibility around a quarter mile.

International Falls got down to 29 this morning. Bemidji was 32.

We haven’t turned ours on yet, the house has been staying around 65-67 with the windows closed and lows in the mid 40s down here. Natural gas fireplace has been flipped on though.

Heat Island kept MSP at a relatively mild 46 overnight.

There’s an outside chance Minnesota sees it’s earliest accumulating snow on record. September 14th 1964 0.3” fell at International Falls, so if anything accumulates the record will be shattered.

Solid garden variety storms rolling through the metro this morning. Needed the moisture after a couple dry weeks.

NWS Duluth seems to have latched onto the idea of first flakes.

NWS talking 850mb temps below freezing here next week.

44.53+ N checking in. Some color on random maples and cottonwoods, but that happens every year.

Crisp fall days are here. Dewpoint down to 41 at msp.

89’d today, maybe the last wave of 70 dews for the year.

1” of rain Saturday 1” of rain last evening.

Biggest hailstones imby since we bought our house in 2018. Did not like the sounds coming off my roof at 5am this morning. 0.59” precipitation with the storm. KMSP 091012Z 18015G22KT 1SM R30L/4500VP6000FT +TSGRRA FEW021 BKN030CB OVC050 22/19 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS GRB12 GR 1/2 TS OHD MOV NE P0036 T02170189