October 2024 General Discussion

[michsnowfreak]

2 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Yep two in a row, last year was much snowier but this still counts. Western suburbs have snowcover, for the most part it was white rain here in the city. Warmest autumn so far on record and we still manage our first snowflakes in October. 

No flakes here, but we are due for some no-flake Octobers. Historically its a 50/50 chance, but 9 of the last 13 seasons have seen the first flakes in October at DTW.

[WestMichigan]

10 hours ago, bowtie` said:

0.21" in the tippy bucket. It is good to see some moisture but I would hardly call it wet.

Complete whiff here, but GRR did manage to get 0.02".  Everything split and went north or south of here.  I am picking up some drizzle this morning from the lake.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Minneapolis officially received 0.2” of snow yesterday, western suburbs received between 1-4” 

The low fell to 31 at the airport giving us our first official freeze of the season.

2024 will be the wettest Halloween on record with 1.26” of liquid precipitation, breaking the record of 0.85” in 1991.

[Brian D]

Duluth picked up 1.6" of snow yesterday. Looks like a swath of 1-4" across E MN into N WI, and the W UP MI. Just a wet, slushy event here in town. The grass barely had any on it, and my deck. Very light precip event at 0.14". TH ended with 1.31" for the month. Currently running at 2nd driest Sept/Oct with 1.37" (1.17" 1948). TH co-op hasn't been taking temps since April because the sewage plant has been under construction. The MMTS/Nimbus will be reinstalled when that's completed. Duluth ended the month with an avg of 50.1 (8th warmest), and 1.05" precip. Sept/Oct's 1.36" is currently 5th driest. Duluth is at 57.1 for Sept/Oct edging out 56.9 1963 for warmest Fall so far. 

TH Agates high school football team made it to the Section 7AAA finals, but lost to Pequot Lakes last night 35-15. They played at the UM of Duluth field. They had a good year. It was very cold, and the snow ended around game time. Injuries, and a slew of penalties hurt them, but a loss is a loss. Pequot Lakes was their only loss in the regular season, as well. 

[Chicago Storm]

ORD had a low temperature of 68° on Wednesday, which broke the record high min temp for the date of 62° (1974).

[IWXwx]

1 hour ago, Chicago Storm said:

ORD had a low temperature of 68° on Wednesday, which broke the record high min temp for the date of 62° (1974).

They didn't break it, they destroyed it.

[Chicago Storm]

October 2024 finished tied as the 9th warmest October on record for Chicago.

Record Warmest October's
1. 64.3° - 1963
2. 62.2° - 1971
3. 62.1° - 1947
4. 61.9° - 1920
5. 61.4° - 1900
6. 60.8° - 1956
6. 60.8° - 1879
8. 59.8° - 1924
9. 59.7° - 2024
9. 59.7° - 2021
9. 59.7° - 1953

[Brian D]

20 hours ago, Chicago Storm said:

ORD had a low temperature of 68° on Wednesday, which broke the record high min temp for the date of 62° (1974).

 

19 hours ago, IWXwx said:

They didn't break it, they destroyed it.

Not uncommon, but this decade is humming along with extremes. I keep updated records of the various long period stns in our region, although haven't updated Oct stats yet. Here's what 5+ from 2nd place High Min daily records with 10+ in the mix noted for Chicago.