A Warm Start to October: Continuing the trend of late September (September of 2025 was among the 5 or 6 warmest in history on a statewide basis), October has started very warm for Minnesota. Many climate stations reported afternoon temperatures in the 80s F to start the month. Crookston (Polk County) reported a record-tying high temperature of 86°F on October 1st. Then, on October 2nd, 80°F temperatures were even more widespread across the state. Glencoe (McLeod County) set a record high temperature with 87°F, while both Redwood Falls (Redwood County) and St James (Watonwan County) hit 90°F. It appears that the very warm temperatures will last through the first weekend of the month, with some days bringing 90°F temperatures or higher. The weather pattern will chance on Monday with temperatures falling back closer to normal through the middle of next week. On balance, most of the weather guidance favors above normal temperatures to dominate most of October, though probably not re...
